Air Show Disaster - Flagler, CO
N 39° 17.397 W 103° 03.729
13S E 667121 N 4350743
Flagler is the site of a tragic air show accident that occurred on September 15, 1951. A stunt aircraft performing for Fall Festival Day lost control and impacted the show's spectators, killing twenty people.
Waymark Code: WM7TFH
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2009
Views: 14
A low winged monoplane, piloted by 1st Lt. Norman L. Jones of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, CO, passed over the field from south to north and went into a slow roll at low altitude. The low-wing monoplane hooked a wing on the ground and crashed into a line of cars at the east end of the field killing 20 people, 10 of them were children. An estimated 50 people were injured in the incident.
Most of the victims were killed outright in the crash. Seven of the victims died before there injuries could be treated at the hospital.
Lt. Jones was flying the plane in his off duty time and was not flying on behalf of the Air Force.
Memorial Reads:
DEDICATED IN THE LOVING MEMORYOF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE SEPTEMBER 15, 1951 FLAGLER DAY AIR SHOW TRAGEDY
HALFORD MILTON ASHER BEBE LEE MC EATHRON
JAMES JEFFERSON BRANDENBURG GORDON ALEXANDER MC EATHRON
DONALD JAME BRANDENBURG VIRGINIA IRENE MOSS
JOHN WALTER HALL CAROLINE ELEANORA SELENKE
ILLA MAE HARWOOD MARDELL RENA SIMONIS
ELLA MAE HEID MARLIS JEAN STAHLECKER
WILLIAM LEROY HUGHES LOIS THOMPSON
KATHRYN ANN KELLER CONNIE JEAN VOGEL
ZENELDA BARBARA KELLER JEAN ELIZABETH YOKUM
JOHN ALEXANDER KELLER LT. NORMAN JONES - PILOT
"FLAGLER LIONS CLUB"
Disaster Date: 09/15/1951
Memorial Sponsors: Flagler Lions Club
Parking Coordinates: N 39° 17.400 W 103° 03.738
Disaster Type: Technological
Relevant Website: [Web Link]
Date of dedication: Not listed
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