Show FLIERS E ESCAPE IN PLANE ASH 2 Z Army Pilots Pi Bail P as s Craft Craft Plunges Into S. S F F. F Bay SAN FRAN FRANCISCO Dec 14 UP UP- UP Two army airmen escaped death oday o o o- day when they parachuted from their crippled arpane as it plunged toward toward toward to to- ward the waters of or San Francisco bay The plane caught fire lire just before it t struck the water and The two men Lieutenant F F. L L. An- An Gerson and nd Sergeant B. B R. R n landed in the thc water between Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph Hill and Yerba Buena island The auto lerr ferry Eureka and a tug put nit out immediately and pick picked d up UPI the he men apparently unhurt I Anderson Anders n and were flying in n formation with two other othir planes from Cr Crissey se field when the ship hip suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly veered and and plunged ll down down- I ward I Scores of persons witnessed the crash They said taid th the two two occupants balled out high above the bay As the plane descended a stream of ot smoke marked its course It struck the he water with terrific force A puff purr of l smoke arose then the water seemed to explode a as i the he craft crait burned furiously for lor a moment then sank Ga Gasoline burned on the stir sur face Cace of oC the bay for lor several e minutes |