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Show NAVY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH WEATHERFORD, Tex., Feb. 2 Two U. S. Navy flyers were killed near here today when their plane crashed and burned. The two victims were identified as Oscar Willis Pate, Jr.,- and George E. Chafee. Pate's inden-tii'ication inden-tii'ication was made through a ring and cigarette case, bearing that name. Naval orders sending the men from San Diego to Philadelphia Phila-delphia bore Pate's and Chafee's names. The ship had dropped behind two other flyers evidentlyaoin two other navy planes, believed headed for Barksdale Field, Shrevcport, La. The other flyers evidently did not see the ship fall and continued on their way. |