Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-10-19 | Page 1 | Crashing Plane Rips Blanket off Child's Bed

Crashing Plane J Rips Blanket Blanket V Off Childs Child's Bed GROTON C Conn nn Oct l 19 UP A navy fighter plane glanced of off a house rooftop Thursday in ina a crash landing t tearing aring the blanket blan bian- ket leet from the bed of a sleeping year 2 child who escaped with only minor scratches The n navy y public relations office tice at Boston announced the crash cash an and reported that Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- state police poUca found the missing blanket in the wreckage of the plane In a near near-by school schoolyard schoolyard schoolyard yard where the craft came to rest aft after er colliding with th the side Bide of the school Th The child Margaret Morton was buried burled in plaster and debris until her father Thomas dug dugher dugher dugher her o out t frightened but un un- harmed The pilot identified by the navy as Lt W J. J McCartney U S N R. R Toledo Ohio escaped with a sprained back