Forgotten Tragedy- 1943 St. Louis Glider Accident
Witness Statement - " "I can still hear that thing as it hit the ground with a kind of a...thud," "I didn't want to be there and I didn't want to see any more of it at that point, because we knew there had been no survivors."
FACTOIDS:
The WACO CG-4A was first deployed during the nighttime Allied invasion of Sicily, with poor weather conditions resulting in heavy losses.
The WACO CG-4A was used by the air Force until the early 1950's.
A single bolt caused the accident.
William Dee Becker was the last republican to be elected mayor of St. Louis.