Patricia A. Ghyssels 3/31/45 The 26-year-old was an airman first class who was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. My dad was sitting in a chair and said, Kerry, I need to talk to you. 46 52 N/A Kenya Air Force DHC-5D . SHEARER, Vickie C., Bountiful, Utah. Following is a list, compiled from various sources, of the known victims and survivors of the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191. Hawkins left Australia earlier in the year to take up this post. Affectionately known as Cory to all. [4], At the time of the crash, the captain, 35-year-old James Merryman, was the chief pilot of the airline and was responsible for recruiting, selecting and training new pilots for the airline. Possible Curse of Seminole Indians | Jorge Gonzalez 1/16/38 Gail Dhariwal, Marcia E. Platt, John Robison, Douglas Ruble and Margaret (Peggy) Stacks died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. He received his flight training in the U.S. Air Force. His surviving brother from World War II saw to it that he did not see any action, which did not make him happy. Come sit on my lap.. She was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. Dale Witthoft, left, with daughters Allison and Jennifer and wife Barbara in an undated photo. We have two daughters who attend high school and college at this time., Kevin Moncrieff walks in the field where American Airlines Flight 191 crashed more than 40 years ago in Des Plaines. I never met him but, from what my mom and aunts told me, he was a very good person. She had been accepted to a doctoral program at UCLA and had been appointed to evaluate the Head Start program for Los Angeles County. A neighbor called and said there had been a big plane crash. Carmen Jorge 7/7/46 My fathers absence was not painful it had just always been. Arrow Air Lines flight 1285 was carrying 248 members of the unit back home to For. Dale Ann Mazzone 5/19/51 She had a quick sense of humor and always a smile! It would make quite a parts kit for the remaining aircraft. LARSEN, William Gale, Plano, Tex. "Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908". Examination of the crew members' bodies after the crash determined that the First Officer was likely flying at the time of the crash, as he had suffered a broken thumb.[4]. My dad had left a long note for mom on the kitchen counter and whatever was in it made her laugh right out loud. These victims names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A union pipefitter, McCafferty said he has since flown all over the country for jobs and has never been afraid to board a plane. He was a dedicated military man who had enlisted in the Marines right after his high school graduation. NTSB Crash Report (Flight 401) | EAA is your guide to getting the most out of the world of flight and giving your passion room to grow. She was kind and gentle. (Photo submitted by his niece, Kelly Eaton). Campbell and his book wholesaler Baker & Taylor Co. colleagues Ella Stromme and Martha Vickery, all of Momence, were heading to the American Booksellers Association convention in Los Angeles. She had helped establish the local city library when I was a child. Francis Robert Gemme, in an undated photo. Ivener, Arnold, 46, of Springfield, Va. Laudani, Robert, 43, of Germantown. About 30 minutes later, the news of the crash started coming in. She was traveling to California to see her husband, who had just taken a job there. BANNER, T., San Francisco. Only one person survived: 16-year-old John McCafferty. He was a gently soul and was loved by everyone who knew him.. She was based in San Diego. Margie attended Kent State University and was there at the time of the Kent State tragedy. When our father was killed, our mother, Yie-Chen Lin, was left alone to raise four children who were 15, 14, 9, and 1. LAVER, Ian, Delray Beach. The 35-year-old Texas native was a graduate of Texas Tech. Mary (Tierney) Sheridan was born in County Kildare, Ireland. He decided to accept the offer from Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto because I was living in Los Angeles, my parents were about to retire in Hawaii and my brother wanted to be physically close to our family. Sixteen-year-old John McCafferty was returning from Florida and his parents were waiting for him at the Owls Head Airport. I remember she had just bought a new Pontiac Firebird and I went with her to sign the papers and bring it home. Flight 401 - Flight Crew Fatal Photograph | She was particularly close to the two Diannes with whom we worked. There really is no way out of it. The 49-year-old worked for Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Co. in Los Angeles. He loved his country and served with honor. (Star Tribune). To review EAA's data privacy policy or adjust your privacy settings please visit: Attend one of our upcoming hiring events and apply now. From Mike Sheffield, Becky Berkley, Patty Berkley and Jim Sheffield, children: Dad was on his way home from a meeting in Kentucky. PERRY, Jan, Fort Lauderdale. But he could also be strict. I had moved to Knoxville, Tenn., the previous August to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee. Christmases were a bounty of surprises, junk food and celebration. What follows below are their answers. Va., flight attendant, THOMAS, Carol, New York, flight attendant, TORRECH, Miguel, New York, flight attendant. He had a degree in accounting and received his MBA about a year before he died. The mother opened her box of memories and the pain and . After lecturing on community involvement in Wisconsin, the 42-year-old assistant professor in UCLAs graduate education school was returning home to attend a reception honoring Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Eglys school desegregation monitoring committee. These victims names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. She accepted the job on the condition that she would be taking vacation at Christmas because she always went home for Christmas. James T. DeHart, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. A bedtime story with a tragic ending.. (Photo submitted by a daughter, Kristy Burns), Stephen Wood Clark, in an undated photo. The 44-year-old International House of Pancakes franchisee was the 229th victim to be identified by medical investigators. The flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191 was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. Skiles, William B., 41, of Seminole, Fla. Trexler, Robert V., 39, of Middletown, Md. CHAVIS, Vickie, 29, Miami. For Kim, that may literally be true. He was instrumental in the advancement of the field of cerebral neuroradiology and had published multiple articles and books about his research studies, including those funded by the National Institutes of Health. As far as we know, it is still in existence., Justin Brown, 40, holds a photograph of his aunt, Martha Vickery, who at 38 years old, died after Flight 191 crashed just after takeoff at O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. He was the middle child, I was the oldest and our sister, Elise, was the youngest. Two men on the ground were also killed. He was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. It was a very tragic loss of life. She was heading back to the islands after spending a two-week leave with her husband in his hometown of Bunker Hill, Ind. He met my mother, Donna, and they married. The deadliest accidental crash of an aircraft was the 1996 Air Africa crash, which resulted in the deaths of at least 225 people on the ground. I was a friend and co-worker to 2 passengers, Gail DeCastro and Kathy Adduci, as well as a co-worker with Rhonda DeYoungs, mother, Kathy. We miss them every day but are so happy they and all who were lost on Flight 191 will never be forgotten because of the beautiful memorial in Lake Park in Des Plaines., Edmund A. 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He was survived by four children: Mike, 20, a sophomore at the University of California at Riverside; Becky, 18, three weeks from graduating high school; Patty, 16, a junior; and Jim, 15, a sophomore. SHAVER, Lori, Fort Lauderdale. Larry, 34, of Miami, Fla. (pilot). Sedonna Ora Crawford died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. Apparently I dont have the low-res channel in my package! We will never know but we know it would have been something truly special just like her. The tragic fact was that someone else was scheduled for the class he was in but was unable to attend so he was a sub in that class. Michael M. Mlsna III died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. My grandmother and I would go out to the backyard and swing on our tree swing and play in my wooden sandbox. Moreover, she was a talented teacher who deeply loved her specialty and those to whom she taught it. The 40-year-old employee of aerospace firm Hamilton Standard was returning to Southern California from a meeting in Windsor Locks, Conn., with colleagues R. Norman Braine, Richard E. Lent and John Ondreck. (Photo submitted by his daughter, Ellen Gemme) - Original Credit: (HANDOUT). He was a native of Milwaukee who owned a summer home in Twin Lakes, Wis. "As you get older and look back, 40 years goes quite quickly and it just doesn't seem like 40 years," said McCafferty, looking out over the water on the Belfast waterfront Thursday morning. (Photo submitted by their nephew's wife, Robin Petrillo). McCafferty recalled that it was raining that night as he crossed the tarmac in Boston to board Flight 46. Driver in crash that killed 4 Maine Maritime students appears in court, Auburn police issue shelter in place in area of Gillander Avenue, Overnight rain and wind leaves Mainers with flooding and power outages. He had been in Chicago on business and was flying home to Orange County., Kathleen Adduci, shown here standing up in a friend's wedding, circa 1979. Im sorry sweetheart. [4], Although the Company operations manual expressed the need for coordination between the Captain and First Officer during flight, duties were not clearly distributed between the pilot in command and first officer. During 1977, we moved to a brand new house in Anaheim Hills, Calif., put in a yard and a pool. THE CASUALTIES AND SURVIVORS OF DELTA CRASH, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/us/the-casualties-and-survivors-of-delta-crash.html. (Southtown Star). Moncrieff died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. For a while, McCafferty said that he lived with a death wish, especially when it came to him flying airplanes. The psychotherapist and senior editor of Forum magazine, a journal of human relations headquartered in New York City, was heading to the American Booksellers Association convention in Los Angeles to speak about her upcoming book, Sex Signs. Following her death, several of her friends and colleagues got together to finish writing it for her. The 28-year-old employee of Jocundrys Book Store was traveling to the American Booksellers Association in Los Angeles with two colleagues. Aeschbacher was a passenger aboard Flight 191, traveling to Los Angeles to visit friends over Memorial Day weekend. Tenn., flight attendant, JOHNSON, Caria, New York City, flight attendant, WARNS, Grores, Blairstown, N.J., flight engineer, See the article in its original context from. She hated flying out of OHare because it was too busy and it was a holiday weekend. Non-Scheduled Part 135 Accidents (Fixed-Wing), 2010-2019 . Stefan Jay Rubin 3/21/49 [3] Originally, Stenger flew, refueled and loaded passenger luggage onto the aircraft, and his wife would sell tickets. Kevin Moncrieff walks in the field where American Airlines Flight 191 crashed more than 40 years ago in Des Plaines. Published in the May 31, 1979, edition of the Southtown Star. McCafferty is now retired and said he plays a lot of golf which helps with his PTSD. The Flight 401 Was A Normal Flight | There was no excuse for anyone at Downeast to make mistakes. Ghosts of Flight 401 - 2 | I was 24 years old at the time. He was survived by five children. My father, John Gillie Moncrieff (known as Jack to everyone), was on Flight 191. My father and his dad flew from Los Angeles to New York City to go see the old neighborhood in Brooklyn. EDELMAN, M., Fort Lauderdale. Following the crash, a friend, J. Frank of Fullerton, Calif., wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Times about him: Bob Spicuzza never made a headline in any newspaper, but he was a big part of our lives, because of the very quality of individual he represented.. (AP) scanned from print. Paquita Carrasquillo 10/4/40 As such, I believe he understood moments before the rest of the passengers on his flight what the impact of seeing the left engine separating was to be.
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