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Plane Crash Near Tina, Missouri |
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November 16, 1942 |
plane crash near Tina, Missouri 1 mile south, 1/4 mile west, Mandeville, Missouri U.S. Army plane crash 15 miles west of Tina, Missouri in farm field |
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Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune | Chillicothe, Missouri | Thursday, November 19, 1942 | Page 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Two Men Killed in an Airplane Crash
Lieuts. C. E. McKinley, St. Joseph and A. O. Dokken, Long Beach, Killed. Two soldiers, Lieut. Charles E. McKinley, St. Joseph, and Lieut. Albert O. Dokken, Long Beach, Calif., were killed in a crash on a muddy farm road near Mandeville, 18 miles northwest of Carrollton last night. The accident occurred at about 8 o'clock in the midst of a deluge of rain which was acompanied by a high wind. It is believed the crash came when the flyers were attempting a forced landing on a narrow farm road. The bodies were taken to Tina. |
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| Name | date of birth | age | Occupation | burial | xxx | informant | spouse | father | mother | death |
| Dokken, Albert O., Jr. | May 3, 1907 | 36y, 6m, 13d | Military Pilot | Colusa, California | Col. flippin, Rose Crans Field, St. Joseph, Missouri | Dokken, Mary | Dokken, Albert O., Sr. | Gafkjen, Carrie | death certificate | |
| McKinley, Chas. Everett, Jr. | April 6, 1916 | 26y, 7m, 10d | Military Pilot | New Orleans, Louisiana | Col. flippin, Rose Crans Field, St. Joseph, Missouri | McKinley, Hazel | McKinley, Chas, Everett, Sr. | Vernor? | death certificate | |