Show I Plane lane Crashes In White Pine Pinc Canyon On an unauthorized errand of mercy two Utah fliers mers crashed to their deaths Tuesday at pm in the rugged mountainous terrain about three miles west of Park City They are Floyd P P. P Jenkins 32 32 Tooele and Harold Ji E E. E Ben Benson n. n 36 let ht avenue ave ave- nue nue Salt Lake City the pilot At the time of the crash the fliers filers were directing Summit county Sheriff George Fisher to what they believed the scene of ot a Sunday crash In which Joseph I Anthony Gauthier 25 25 Is belle believed to toOn have died On Ills His Person Jenkins according to sheriffs sheriff's officials was identified from material on his person person per per- son which showed he was born July 20 20 1916 1918 He lie also had served In the navy during World War II aboard the usa Oklahoma Positive POl identification of ot Mr Benson was made by Sheriff Fisher who said he was the dead pilots pilot's second cousin Sheriff Fisher and a rancher James were riding horseback Into the terrain some three-fourths three of a mile of Thayne's shaft at the head of White Pine canyon canon They were being I directed toward what was thought to be betho tho missing Gauthier craft although Joe I Bergin state aeronautics director had announced only heavy army aircraft would be allowed over the area because of or its perils to lighter tighter craft Within The Minutes The Park City officer was within yards of the crash when It occurred he said He lie reached the plane within five minutes and found the two men dead In the wreckage He said the tho plane was banking when It suddenly slipped and plunged to the ground The Tho crash victims had rented the two-seated two Champion about 3 pm p.m. from Airport Sales and Service according to T T. A A. A Andy Bouck assistant assistant as assistant as- as manager Tho The ship had a three- three hour gas supply Mr Bouck estimated I tho the flying time from the field to Park City at 25 minutes The bodies were recovered by the sheriff who acted as coroner and the I following who drove to the scene In a Jeep Dr C. C A A. A Laffoon county health officer Carl J. J Rippon Arthur Lefler and Arthur Lefler Jr Lynn Prather James Christensen and Dilly ONeill O'Neill Mr ONeill O'Neill Is an employee of Silver King Coalition mine and lives at Thayne shaft 1 Missing Plane After Arter the crash the sheriffs sheriff's party proceeded to the spot where the victims thought they had sighted the missing plane They found the painted wing of I an army bomber that had crashed there thereIn In 1941 Wednesdays Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's Tribune I |