Andrews Field, MD Jet Fighter Crash, Apr 1947

Submitted by lori hedges

Jet Fighter Crashes, Pilot Killed

Washington, April 7 – (AP) – An army P-80 jet fighter plane crashed today near Andrews Field, Md. While enroute from Langley Field, Va. To participate in the Capital’s Army Day observance. The pilot, identified at Langley Field as Maj. John M. CHAPIN, a resident of that field, was killed.

The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH 8 Apr 1947