On September 15, 1951, the Flagler Day Air Show tragedy claimed the lives of Halford Milton Asher, Bebe Lee Mc Eathron, James Jefferson Brandenburg, Gordon Alexander Mc Eathron, Donald James Brandenburg, Virginia Irene Moss, John Walter Hall, Caroline Eleanora Selenke, Illa Mae Harwood, Mardell Rena Simonis, Ella Elizabeth Heid, Marlis Jean Stahlecker, William Leroy Hughes, Lois Thompson, Kathryn Ann Keller, Connie Jean Vogel, Zenelda Barbara Keller, Jean Elizabeth Vocum, John Alexander Keller, and Lt. Norman Jones, the pilot.