Monroeville News
Thursday, November 16, 1961
Former Convoy resident Paul Lare, 26, was killed last Wednesday along with ten other crewmen when their Navy patrol plane crashed into the ocean off Virginia. He is survived by his widow, the former Frances DeWert, daughter of Mrs. Joyce Lenington and the late William E. DeWert; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Lare of Convoy; two daughters, Lora Lee and Janet Lynn; two brothers and his paternal grandmother.
Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961
At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight.
At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors.
The crew were identified as:
Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.
Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane
Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57827026/edmund-j-mcgrath
AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman
PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.
PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio.
PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia.
Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio.
PO 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh
AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith
The cause of the accident is unknown.
Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22
Contributor: Airborne Steve (48125073) • [email protected]
Thursday, November 16, 1961
Former Convoy resident Paul Lare, 26, was killed last Wednesday along with ten other crewmen when their Navy patrol plane crashed into the ocean off Virginia. He is survived by his widow, the former Frances DeWert, daughter of Mrs. Joyce Lenington and the late William E. DeWert; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Lare of Convoy; two daughters, Lora Lee and Janet Lynn; two brothers and his paternal grandmother.
Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961
At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight.
At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors.
The crew were identified as:
Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.
Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane
Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57827026/edmund-j-mcgrath
AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman
PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.
PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio.
PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia.
Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio.
PO 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh
AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith
The cause of the accident is unknown.
Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22
Contributor: Airborne Steve (48125073) • [email protected]
Monroeville News
Thursday, November 16, 1961
Former Convoy resident Paul Lare, 26, was killed last Wednesday along with ten other crewmen when their Navy patrol plane crashed into the ocean off Virginia. He is survived by his widow, the former Frances DeWert, daughter of Mrs. Joyce Lenington and the late William E. DeWert; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Lare of Convoy; two daughters, Lora Lee and Janet Lynn; two brothers and his paternal grandmother.
Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961
At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight.
At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors.
The crew were identified as:
Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.
Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane
Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57827026/edmund-j-mcgrath
AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman
PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.
PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio.
PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia.
Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio.
PO 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh
AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith
The cause of the accident is unknown.
Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22
Contributor: Airborne Steve (48125073) • [email protected]
Thursday, November 16, 1961
Former Convoy resident Paul Lare, 26, was killed last Wednesday along with ten other crewmen when their Navy patrol plane crashed into the ocean off Virginia. He is survived by his widow, the former Frances DeWert, daughter of Mrs. Joyce Lenington and the late William E. DeWert; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Lare of Convoy; two daughters, Lora Lee and Janet Lynn; two brothers and his paternal grandmother.
Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961
At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight.
At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors.
The crew were identified as:
Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.
Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane
Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57827026/edmund-j-mcgrath
AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman
PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.
PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio.
PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia.
Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio.
PO 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh
AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith
The cause of the accident is unknown.
Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22
Contributor: Airborne Steve (48125073) • [email protected]
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