Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-06-10 | Page 1 | Utahn, 22 Others Meet Death in Plane Crash

22 11 Others Meet Meef Death In Plane Crash WEST P PALM BEACH Fla Fin June Jun 10 Army 2 US Army authorities Monday plan planned t to investigate y the tho crash of a C 54 plane from Morrison field in which 23 persons persons per per- sons were killed A Utahn Floyd W. W Crosby of Spanish Fork was among the dead An army rescue party recovered 19 bodies from the wreckage before before be be- fore darkness halted activities Sunday night The plane which carried 17 p passengers and six crew members crashed on a mountainside on Taboga island off the coast of the Canal Zone while on a routine routine routine rou rou- tine flight from Morrison field here to Albrook field C. C Z It left here at a. a m. m Sunday and struck the mountain at 11 1113 13 a. a m. m Lt Col John S. S Owens deputy commander of ot Morrison field said the plane was manned by a picked crew In addition to the crew of six it carried 13 enlisted men one army colonel two West Point cadets and one civilian