Former Bradford Man Killed In AF Plane Crash
Services for 1st Lt. Harvey Leslie Starling Jr., 23, were held at 3 p.m., February 16 in the Tracy Funeral Home, Miami. Burial was in Miami Memorial Park.
Lt. Starling was killed in an air collision of two U.S. Air Force tanker planes in flight on Saturday, February 2, three miles above a Normandy field near St. Lo, France. The aerial tankers were from the American air base at Sculthrope, England, where Lt. Starling was stationed for the past 17 months.
Fourteen men were killed and five injured.
Lt. Starling lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Starling, at 7122 S.W. 42nd Terrace, Miami, before entering the Air Force as a cadet in February 1954. He received is cadet training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and earned his commission and wings as a navigator at Harlingen Air Force Base. He received radar operator training at England Air Base, Alexandria, La.
Lt. Starling attended schools in Bradford County and graduated from Coral Gables High School in 1951. He attended the University of Miami and the University of Florida, and was an active member of West Flagler Park Baptist Church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James W. Deaver of Miami Springs and Mrs. Robert Kinard of Gainesville.
B29s Collide; Six Killed
ST. Lo, France (/P)- Two American four- engine planes collided in flight and plunged to the ground in flames today, killing six fliers and injuring eight more.
Observers at the scene identified the plane as B29s.
The wreckage of the planes scattered over a wide area of the Normandy countryside that was a World War II battlefield.
France authorities said that six bodies had been removed from the wreckage.
The planes collided over the little channel town of Morigny, 20 miles from St. Lo. Observers said there was almost no visibility at the time. Firemen in the area, alerted by the sound of the collision, rushed to the scene.
There were reports that survivors had parachuted.
The dead were taken to a room at the court house at Morigny, where villagers deposited flowers.
The U.S. Air Force in Paris said the planes came from the U.S. base at Sculthorpe, England.
Services for 1st Lt. Harvey Leslie Starling Jr., 23, were held at 3 p.m., February 16 in the Tracy Funeral Home, Miami. Burial was in Miami Memorial Park.
Lt. Starling was killed in an air collision of two U.S. Air Force tanker planes in flight on Saturday, February 2, three miles above a Normandy field near St. Lo, France. The aerial tankers were from the American air base at Sculthrope, England, where Lt. Starling was stationed for the past 17 months.
Fourteen men were killed and five injured.
Lt. Starling lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Starling, at 7122 S.W. 42nd Terrace, Miami, before entering the Air Force as a cadet in February 1954. He received is cadet training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and earned his commission and wings as a navigator at Harlingen Air Force Base. He received radar operator training at England Air Base, Alexandria, La.
Lt. Starling attended schools in Bradford County and graduated from Coral Gables High School in 1951. He attended the University of Miami and the University of Florida, and was an active member of West Flagler Park Baptist Church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James W. Deaver of Miami Springs and Mrs. Robert Kinard of Gainesville.
B29s Collide; Six Killed
ST. Lo, France (/P)- Two American four- engine planes collided in flight and plunged to the ground in flames today, killing six fliers and injuring eight more.
Observers at the scene identified the plane as B29s.
The wreckage of the planes scattered over a wide area of the Normandy countryside that was a World War II battlefield.
France authorities said that six bodies had been removed from the wreckage.
The planes collided over the little channel town of Morigny, 20 miles from St. Lo. Observers said there was almost no visibility at the time. Firemen in the area, alerted by the sound of the collision, rushed to the scene.
There were reports that survivors had parachuted.
The dead were taken to a room at the court house at Morigny, where villagers deposited flowers.
The U.S. Air Force in Paris said the planes came from the U.S. base at Sculthorpe, England.
Former Bradford Man Killed In AF Plane Crash
Services for 1st Lt. Harvey Leslie Starling Jr., 23, were held at 3 p.m., February 16 in the Tracy Funeral Home, Miami. Burial was in Miami Memorial Park.
Lt. Starling was killed in an air collision of two U.S. Air Force tanker planes in flight on Saturday, February 2, three miles above a Normandy field near St. Lo, France. The aerial tankers were from the American air base at Sculthrope, England, where Lt. Starling was stationed for the past 17 months.
Fourteen men were killed and five injured.
Lt. Starling lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Starling, at 7122 S.W. 42nd Terrace, Miami, before entering the Air Force as a cadet in February 1954. He received is cadet training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and earned his commission and wings as a navigator at Harlingen Air Force Base. He received radar operator training at England Air Base, Alexandria, La.
Lt. Starling attended schools in Bradford County and graduated from Coral Gables High School in 1951. He attended the University of Miami and the University of Florida, and was an active member of West Flagler Park Baptist Church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James W. Deaver of Miami Springs and Mrs. Robert Kinard of Gainesville.
B29s Collide; Six Killed
ST. Lo, France (/P)- Two American four- engine planes collided in flight and plunged to the ground in flames today, killing six fliers and injuring eight more.
Observers at the scene identified the plane as B29s.
The wreckage of the planes scattered over a wide area of the Normandy countryside that was a World War II battlefield.
France authorities said that six bodies had been removed from the wreckage.
The planes collided over the little channel town of Morigny, 20 miles from St. Lo. Observers said there was almost no visibility at the time. Firemen in the area, alerted by the sound of the collision, rushed to the scene.
There were reports that survivors had parachuted.
The dead were taken to a room at the court house at Morigny, where villagers deposited flowers.
The U.S. Air Force in Paris said the planes came from the U.S. base at Sculthorpe, England.
Services for 1st Lt. Harvey Leslie Starling Jr., 23, were held at 3 p.m., February 16 in the Tracy Funeral Home, Miami. Burial was in Miami Memorial Park.
Lt. Starling was killed in an air collision of two U.S. Air Force tanker planes in flight on Saturday, February 2, three miles above a Normandy field near St. Lo, France. The aerial tankers were from the American air base at Sculthrope, England, where Lt. Starling was stationed for the past 17 months.
Fourteen men were killed and five injured.
Lt. Starling lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Starling, at 7122 S.W. 42nd Terrace, Miami, before entering the Air Force as a cadet in February 1954. He received is cadet training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and earned his commission and wings as a navigator at Harlingen Air Force Base. He received radar operator training at England Air Base, Alexandria, La.
Lt. Starling attended schools in Bradford County and graduated from Coral Gables High School in 1951. He attended the University of Miami and the University of Florida, and was an active member of West Flagler Park Baptist Church.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James W. Deaver of Miami Springs and Mrs. Robert Kinard of Gainesville.
B29s Collide; Six Killed
ST. Lo, France (/P)- Two American four- engine planes collided in flight and plunged to the ground in flames today, killing six fliers and injuring eight more.
Observers at the scene identified the plane as B29s.
The wreckage of the planes scattered over a wide area of the Normandy countryside that was a World War II battlefield.
France authorities said that six bodies had been removed from the wreckage.
The planes collided over the little channel town of Morigny, 20 miles from St. Lo. Observers said there was almost no visibility at the time. Firemen in the area, alerted by the sound of the collision, rushed to the scene.
There were reports that survivors had parachuted.
The dead were taken to a room at the court house at Morigny, where villagers deposited flowers.
The U.S. Air Force in Paris said the planes came from the U.S. base at Sculthorpe, England.
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