The Crash of Mourn 79

A cluster of airplane accidents in Mt. Spokane State Park between 1946 and 1967 killed 59 people. The circumstances that caused the accidents, as well as the story of the deadliest of the accidents, the crash of the KC-135 Mourn 79, deserve to be remembered.

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