Introduction
On June 14, 1951, a twin-engine Navy PBY twin-engine Catalina patrol plane was on a training mission when
it crashed and burned in a marsh about a mile and a half from an auxiliary field along the St. Johns River
between Jacksonville and Green Cove Springs, Florida. A witness aid the plane's wheels were down as if
it was coming in for a landing. It had reported no trouble. The nine persons aboard were part of
a squadron called to active duty from a Jacksonville reserve unit about three months prior to the accident.
Two were injured and seven were killed. [Source: Panama City News Herald (Florida), June 15, 1951]
Korean War Educator: Topics - PBY- Jacksonville, Florida
Fatalities:
- Jones, Aviation Ordnance Airman Turner Eugene - husband of Mrs. Shirley Turner Jones, Brooksville,
Florida
- Kee, Lt. Comdr. Lester C. - husband of Mrs. Pauline Brown Kee, Huntington, TN
- Logwood, Aviation Radioman Third Class James Alexander Jr, - 27-year old son of Mrs. Lurene Welch
Logwood, Jacksonville, Florida.
- Stewart, Airman William Fred - son of William Everett Stewart, Louisville, Kentucky
- Trower, Aviation Mechanic Third Class Milton - husband of Mrs. Louise Elizabeth Trower,
Jacksonville, Florida, and son of James d. Trower, Coral Gables, Florida
- Walizer, Aviation Mechanic First Class Clair Meek - husband of Mrs. Sara Walizer, Jacksonville,
Florida, and son of Mrs. Emma Holt, Huntington, Pennsylvania
- Worley, Lt. Commander L.B. - husband of Mrs. Eve Dickinson Worley, Jacksonville, Florida, and son of
Mrs. Lela Young Worley, Nashville, Tennessee.
Injured:
- Barnett, Apprentice Airman John Dabbs - Clifton Forge, Virginia
- Jones, Lt. (jg.) Ralph Howell - Atlantic Beach, Florida
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