...remember the stranger-2Lt. Galen K. Markel
"(A note concerning the 16 Nov 1943 FM-1 loss... to follow-Navy accident report card...detailing the following...entry...revealed an unusual cluster of fatal accidents and two narrow escapes within minutes of each other. The weather on the night of these flights was high solid overcast, with the report text specifically noting that virtually no horizon reference was available to the pilots that night. Such conditions can easily create disorientation and vertigo.)
16 Nov 1943 FM-1
Marine pilot 2Lt. Galen K. Markel (23/187) (Listed in Accident Report as "Merkel") killed in crash listed on Kern County Death Certificate and Accident Report as 5 mi. N of Mojave Marine Corps Air Station. Crash occurred at 1908 hrs., three minutes after the loss of two other Wildcats...Markel had been in formation several minutes when other flight members saw his plane suddenly roll inverted and dive into the ground. Typed notation on Accident Report attributes crash to probable vertigo. Handwritten and initialed notation on Accident Report states another flight member also rolled inverted at about the same time but was able to right his aircraft and avoided crashing. Another handwritten notation states the flight leader got into a steep spiral while descending to examine the crash scene and barely avoided crashing himself. BuAer # 15442" "Index of Aviation Accidents: Edwards AFB and Surrounding Areas" Walter C. Witherspoon
Dear Jesus-Thank you that 2Lt. Galen K. Markel is no longer a stranger to us. May we always remember the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country to keep us free. Amen
Please see Sunday, February 10, 2008 post-...remember the stranger.
"(A note concerning the 16 Nov 1943 FM-1 loss... to follow-Navy accident report card...detailing the following...entry...revealed an unusual cluster of fatal accidents and two narrow escapes within minutes of each other. The weather on the night of these flights was high solid overcast, with the report text specifically noting that virtually no horizon reference was available to the pilots that night. Such conditions can easily create disorientation and vertigo.)
16 Nov 1943 FM-1
Marine pilot 2Lt. Galen K. Markel (23/187) (Listed in Accident Report as "Merkel") killed in crash listed on Kern County Death Certificate and Accident Report as 5 mi. N of Mojave Marine Corps Air Station. Crash occurred at 1908 hrs., three minutes after the loss of two other Wildcats...Markel had been in formation several minutes when other flight members saw his plane suddenly roll inverted and dive into the ground. Typed notation on Accident Report attributes crash to probable vertigo. Handwritten and initialed notation on Accident Report states another flight member also rolled inverted at about the same time but was able to right his aircraft and avoided crashing. Another handwritten notation states the flight leader got into a steep spiral while descending to examine the crash scene and barely avoided crashing himself. BuAer # 15442" "Index of Aviation Accidents: Edwards AFB and Surrounding Areas" Walter C. Witherspoon
Dear Jesus-Thank you that 2Lt. Galen K. Markel is no longer a stranger to us. May we always remember the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country to keep us free. Amen
Please see Sunday, February 10, 2008 post-...remember the stranger.
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