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D-Day veteran Don Sheppard dies aged 104

Don Sheppard is remembered for helping to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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RED HOOK, N.Y. (AP) — A replica of a World War I-era fighter plane caught fire and crashed during an airshow in upstate New York, killing the pilot, according to police.

Brian Coughlin, 60, died Saturday after the Fokker D.VIII replica went down during an exhibition at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Manhattan, according to statement from the Red Hook Police Department.

Police said it appeared the engine caught fire due to unknown mechanical issues, causing the plane to crash.

Coughlin, from Cazenovia in central New York, was the only person in the plane and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, which stages vintage airshows on weekends, said on social media that Coughlin was a longtime volunteer and board member.


Coughlin often flew antique planes from an airstrip in his backyard and survived a 2005 crash involving the engine failure of a replica of a WWI French plane he was piloting, according to syracuse.com.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-wwi-replica-fatal-plane-crash-1c17933d65a2f314911e7661de701670

 

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[Snautzer01]

Darn.

 

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[MiTasol]

I visited Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome several times in the 60's and 70's and was always very impressed by the work that Col Payen and his team did. They used to put out a very good magazine also but that is long gone. Col was an old man even then so I guess he is long gone as well.

 

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[Viking1066]

 

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Masamitsu Yoshioka, Last Surviving Pearl Harbor Bombardier, Dead at 106

 

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe's native language, has died. He was 107.

Navajo Nation officials in Window Rock announced Kinsel's death on Saturday.

Tribal President Buu Nygren has ordered all flags on the reservation to be flown at half-staff until Oct. 27 at sunset to honor Kinsel.

"Mr. Kinsel was a Marine who bravely and selflessly fought for all of us in the most terrifying circumstances with the greatest responsibility as a Navajo Code Talker," Nygren said in a statement Sunday.

With Kinsel's death, only two Navajo Code Talkers are still alive: Former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald and Thomas H. Begay

One of last Marine Corps World War II Navajo Code Talkers dies at 107

With John Kinsel Sr.'s death, only two Navajo Code Talkers from World War II are still alive.

www.marinecorpstimes.com

 

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