CCHEESE - Thanks much. In one message you scratched an itch that's been bothering me for years. It really does pay to ask!
BTW, there was another accident here in Florida a month after the war ended that cost many, many more planes and vehicles (no lives) but few people remember it. Go to my...
DaveT - I am also looking for info on that accident. Your revelation that 345 airplanes were parked on the field sheds some light on it. Any info you care to share from the accident report will be appreciated.
I have been searching JF Baugher's excellent site on USNavy and Marine Corps Bu Nos...