Cynthia - I have a great deal of genealogy done on our family. You can check it out on familysearch.org It is a work in process but I'd love to hear more about your dad and family too. I'm Amber's Daughter. Reds was my grandfather. I'm on Facebook. debbisilverman7. If you friend me I'll message...
Gary - That is much closer to the information I heard from family members. We were related to the pilot and were told more than 50 people died in that crash. Also, the AF very much indicated that the pilot indicated he felt the winds were to dangerous for take off and he was ordered by the tower...
I am related to James J Muller - his father and my grandfather were brothers. My aunt and mother remember when their cousin Jimmy died and family story is very different from the "official" military version and most likely truer. The official story my family was told is that there were terrible...