Show I Jel Pilot f 21 11 Dies I I In ID At Hill Aa F. F Base se HILL AIR FORCE BASE Special cial The ciaO The pilot of an F 80 jet fighter plane was killed when the craft exploded after taking off here heie then crashed and burned at the north end of the base Monday at 2 22 p pm p.m. m. m Dead is Air Force Second Lt 11 Sam H H. Wakefield 21 Des Plaines Ill whose home base was Nellis A F B Las Vegas NeA Nov Nev A board of officers is investigating i I gating the crash the Air Force Foice said Tuesday A witness to the tragedy Tom Dixon maintenance man for the Mountain Fuel Supply Co said the crash followed an explosion while the craft crait was in flight The F 80 s engine was catapulted from the plane which fell to the ground shearing off obstacles in its path The ship came to rest as a n awing awing wing dug into the ground against the concrete enclosure of oC the Ogden area aiea natural gas distribution distribution distri- distri valve e said Mr 11 Dixon who noted that a serious fire may have developed had a 17 inch pipe line burst The Thc Air Force said Lt Wakefield Wake Wake- field was the third flier to take takeoff takeoff takeoff off in a flight night of six jets bound for Cor Nellis A F B on a cross coun country try hop from Great Falls Mont The first element of two planes took off and the accident occurred oc oc- as the leader of the second second second sec sec- ond element clement of oi two planes became became became be be- came all airborne borne Mr 1 Dixon said he was standing standing standing stand stand- ing outside of the buildings of oC M Ill F S on whose property immediately immediately im immediately im- im mediately north of the Hill A F B fence the ship came to rest |