On Sunday, August 1, 1943, thousands of spectators gathered at Lambert Field for an air show. Several city & county officials, including Charles Cunningham, deputy comptroller; Mayor William Dee Becker; Major William B. Robertson, president of Robertson Aircraft; Harold Krueger of Robertson Aircraft; Thomas Dysart, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Max Doyne, director of public utilities; Henry Mueller, St. Louis County court presiding judge; Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hazelton; pilot Milton Kiugh, and mechanic J.M. Davis went up in a army glider, which had made a successful test flight earlier in the day. The C-47 airplane towing the glider made three passes in front of the spectators & released the glider. Almost immediately the right wing of the glider buckled and separated form the fuselage. The glider was sent spinning towards the earth and hit the ground at an estimated 230 miles per hour. There were no survivors.
On Sunday, August 1, 1943, thousands of spectators gathered at Lambert Field for an air show. Several city & county officials, including Charles Cunningham, deputy comptroller; Mayor William Dee Becker; Major William B. Robertson, president of Robertson Aircraft; Harold Krueger of Robertson Aircraft; Thomas Dysart, president of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce; Max Doyne, director of public utilities; Henry Mueller, St. Louis County court presiding judge; Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hazelton; pilot Milton Kiugh, and mechanic J.M. Davis went up in a army glider, which had made a successful test flight earlier in the day. The C-47 airplane towing the glider made three passes in front of the spectators & released the glider. Almost immediately the right wing of the glider buckled and separated form the fuselage. The glider was sent spinning towards the earth and hit the ground at an estimated 230 miles per hour. There were no survivors.
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