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Flight 383/128 Memorial Group Home:
http://www.flightmemorial.vpweb.com/default.html
http://americanairlinesflight383.freebase.com/
http://transworldairlinesflight128.freebase.com/
For our past newsletters click on the "AA & TWA Memorial Group" above.
The hills of Hebron,Ky. were not kind to fliers in the 1960's. During this period, three aircraft on final approach failed to reach the safety of runway 18 at the Greater Cincinnati Airport, becoming victims of the area's treacherous terrain. Two crewmen survived the first crash on November 14, 1961 of a cargo Zantop DC-4 en route from Detroit to Atlanta, Ga. with an intermediate stop in Cincinnati. Then on November 8,1965, American Airlines flight 383 went down while arriving from New York's LaGuardia Airport, the result, 58 dead and 4 injured, one very critically. This was followed by Cincinnati's worst aviation disaster on November 20,1967 when TWA flight 128 crashed and burned on arrival from Los Angeles, California. This time, 70 lives were lost and 12 were injured in an apple orchard.
We are using FOTKI and other sites as locations to compile information and data that has been collected over the past 40 years concerning American Airlines flight 383 {1965} and Trans World Airlines flight 128 {1967}. We are presenting this site as a memorial to the victims. A memorial now stands at the England-Idlewild Park in Boone County Kentucky. You may visit this website here:
http://flightmemorial.vpweb.com/Aviation-Memorial-Grove.html .
This endeavor has not been easy. As the recent crash in Buffalo N. Y. {February 2009] demonstrates, airliner events of this magnitude are horrific and result in much tragedy. Even after 40 years the memories of those impacted remain vivid. As outside observers, it is hard for us to understand the feelings of those involved and we are helpless in offering constructive assistance.
Our stories and journals about American Airlines Flight 383 and TWA Flight 128 would not have been possible without the kind assistance of survivors, first responders, victim's families, and witnesses to these events. We have made every effort to be as sensitive and factual as humanly possible. Our interviews were conducted 40 years or more after the accidents. We have done our best to unscramble the stories and present a readable text. Where we were unable to ascertain the facts onboard the flights, we theoretically reconstructed the story using our best known knowledge at this time.
We also want to thank the many people who have contacted us from around the country to share their stories and offer us the use of their pictures to tell the story of all who were impacted by those horrible November Mondays in the 1960s.
A very special thanks to the first responders who spent a number of their Saturdays assisting us in our research.
And finally, a thank you to Linda Holbrook and Mark Free for coming onboard early to offer their help and support.
Upon completion of this project, there will still remain many stories and statistics untold about the lives, long forgotten by us, that were changed forever by a series of mistakes and miscalculations that resulted in these unfortunate aviation events.
http://flightmemorial.vpweb.com/default.html
http://journals.fotki.com/Rollie08/story-of-aa-flight-383/
http://journals.fotki.com/Rollie08/story-of-twa-flight-128/
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"Disasters Near the Greater Cincinnati Airport"
1948 to 1967
By Rollie Puterbaugh
All Rights Reserved: Flight 694/383/128 Memorial Group
Copyright 2012
To access the E-Book, "DISASTERS NEAR THE GREATER CINCINNATI AIRPORT 1948 TO 1967" click here:
http://issuu.com/rollie13/docs/look_at_that_plane_intro_pdf?mode=window&printButtonEnabled=false&logo=http%3A%2F%2Fphoto.issuu.com%2Frollie13%2Fphoto.jpg&backgroundColor=%23122a3b
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We are working on "The Story of TWA 128". We are currently writing Chapter 1 "TWA Flight 128" and Chapter 2 "A Flash in the Night" while preparing to start Chapter 3, "The House on Walton Road". Click above on "The Story of TWA Flight 128" to follow our progress.
Below are public communications with Chris Haile, TWA 128 survivor, and members of the Flight 383/128 Memorial Group.
1. "Rollie, my name is Chris Haile. Yes, that Chris Haile. Mr. Stephens tracked down my sister, Eileen, who called me this morning, alerting me to this site. I really don't know what to say, and I am kind of blown away at the work that your doing".
2. "Hello, Chris! I'm so glad I was able to locate your sister and tell her about the website. I stumbled across it not long ago and was blown away by it just the same as you are. Indeed, you and your sister touched the hearts of all first responders and witnesses to the crash. I know all who have wondered what became of you and your sister will be pleased to know you are both doing well. Keep in touch!!" Chris Stephens:Grandson of the Stephens'
3. "Chris, thank you very much for visiting our {no your website} . It has been created on behalf of all those involved in the events in Northern Kentucky in 1965 and 1967. I can assure you that all responders and witnesses that we have had the opportunity to meet have, almost without exception, asked us about the children of 128 to the extent that I have added a gallery dedicated to you and I believe 5 other children who were onboard 128. We will now be able to start answering that question.
Harvey Pelly, I am sure, will be glad you and your sister have been "found'.
I can assure you that the events in the 1960s have been carried in many hearts through time and that no one onboard 383 or 128 have been forgotten". Rollie
In 2005, I began the serious pursuit of locating the crash site of American Airlines Flight 383 in Northern Kentucky and documenting my experiences. This was going to be the lead project I was going to pursue in Greater Cincinnati. I had no idea where it would lead...
As 2009 dawned in early January, I wasn't thinking of a large project in Hebron, Kentucky but as things have worked out, we are now in pursuit of a memorial on behalf of the victims of American Airlines Flight 383 and TWA Flight 128.
Click on News Media Coverage of Flight 383/128 Memorial Group, Inc.
Dayton Daily News
Collector's Quest~October 1, 2009
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