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From Fletcher Hank's, "WHEN AND HOW THE CNAC CRASHES HAPPENED ON THE HUMP AND ITS ENVIRONS DURING WWII" (hand-dated 5/4/02) Weldon Tutwiler and Ged Brown, 03/7/44, C-47 #91. Took off from Cuba (in the Caribbean), with an airplane overloaded with booze, crashed, burned and killed everyone on board. The plane was replaced and the number, #91, was assigned to the replacement. Nebraska State Journal, 8 March 1944 (Courtesy of Patti Gully)  May 16, 2008 Seems like we have lots of bits and pieces about this accident and just who for sure was killed. Captain Potschmidt remembers it as he writes about the TRAGEDY IN CUBA. As far as I can tell and find out, these three men were killed March 7, 1944 taking off from Cuba: Ged Brown, navigator Weldon Tutwiler, pilot Walter Zech, navigator If you have any information, documents or stories about this accident, please contact me, Tom Moore. Thanks.  or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore know. Thanks! |