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Continental Flight 11 Memorial
Unionville, Missouri
· May 22, 1962
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The Continental Flight 11 tragedy occurred in Putnam County on May 22, 1962, and changed America’s air travel forever. The hopes and dreams of the families of the passengers and crew were destroyed. Flight 11 is remembered through the names of its crew—Captain Fred R. Gray, First Officer Edward J. Sullivan, Second Officer Jack D. Allen, David E. M. Olssen, Marilyn I Bloomquist, Mary R. McGrath, Martha J. Rush, and Stella Ann Berry—and its passengers, including Jack D. Alexander, Kenneth H. Berger, Marcus C. Brand, Donald D. Bowman, Beuford M. Carter, William C. Chapin, James A. Clarity, Jr., Tommy J. Cox, Thomas G. Doty, Geneva O. Fraley, Clyde D. Fritz, Robert C. Gach, Philip E. Giberson, Sr., Sidney H. Goldberg, Frank J. Grene, Jr., Maurice E. Hamilton, John E. Hamm, Henry E. Hanna, Fred P. Herman, Philip I. Hoare, Marvin Dale Horn, Edward A. Kuhn, Robert L. Miller, Virgil W. Mourning, Takehiko Nakano, Ross A. Reid, Andrew P. Roucka, Bruce Stewart, Robert G. Tabors, Rex O. Thomas, Benjamin F. Tuttle, Edward C. Waffle, Clifford L. Walton, James R. Webb, Roger Welch, Bobby J. Wilks, Russell W. Wolfe, and Roger Dean Allen.
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