THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, May 30, 1946

 

Four soldiers, riding in a Navy C-47 transport, lost their lives last Sunday evening just north of Flagler Beach and near the coast when the transport burst into flames and crashed:

The navy released the names of the dead soldiers Wednesday. They are:

Pfc. Maurice J. Pelletiers, Lewiston, Maine.

Pfc. Robert L. Burgess, Providence, R. I.

Staff Sgt. Andrew M. Zambella, Hyde Park, Mass.

Pfc. Roger E. Phipps, Holliston, Mass.

The four dead men had completed reenlistment furloughs were en route from Fort Devens, Mass., to West Palm Beach from where they were to proceed to various stations in the Panama Canal Zone.

The four navy men aboard the transport escaped with their lives, although one was painfully injured in. the crash.