On September 1, 1961 at 2:05 AM local time, a Trans World Airlines tourist-class airliner crashed and burned in a muddy cornfield near suburban Hinsdale, Illinois killing all 73 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The big four-engine Constellation exploded and caught fire as it plowed into the rain-soaked ground 10 miles west of Chicago's Midway Airport.
Edward North Chamberlain, Jr., his parents and three siblings all perished on this flight. They are:
Edward North Chamberlain, born 1920
Nancy Grant Chamberlain, born 1924
Edward North Chamberlain Jr., born 1947
Richard Streeter Chamberlain, born 1952
Grant Davis Chamberlain, born 1958
James Livingston Chamberlain, born 1959
On September 1, 1961 at 2:05 AM local time, a Trans World Airlines tourist-class airliner crashed and burned in a muddy cornfield near suburban Hinsdale, Illinois killing all 73 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The big four-engine Constellation exploded and caught fire as it plowed into the rain-soaked ground 10 miles west of Chicago's Midway Airport.
Edward North Chamberlain, Jr., his parents and three siblings all perished on this flight. They are:
Edward North Chamberlain, born 1920
Nancy Grant Chamberlain, born 1924
Edward North Chamberlain Jr., born 1947
Richard Streeter Chamberlain, born 1952
Grant Davis Chamberlain, born 1958
James Livingston Chamberlain, born 1959
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