Died When 2 Navy Planes Collided
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Kind(er):
Nelson H Maurer (Lieut)
Birth 16 Aug 1921
Death 20 Jun 1957 (aged 35)
Burial Rittman Cemetery, Ohio, USA
US Navy WWII
Wooster Daily Record - June 22, 1957: Lt. Nelson H. Maurer, 35, died in a navy jet airplane collision at Moffet Field in California at 4 p.m. Thursday.
His parents, Harry and Martha Schorle Maurer of Rittman, received notification of the death. No details of the crash were given.
Lt. Maurer, who entered the Navy in 1943, was a Rittman High School graduate. He was born in Milton Ohio.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Katherine of Monterey, California & four daughters, Linda, Barbara, Martha and Janis and a son Nelson Jr. grandparents, Alfred Maurer and Mrs. Mary Schorle; a sister, Mrs. Neva McFarren.
The body will be sent to Gillman Funeral Home in Rittman Ohio
Funeral services for Lt. Nelson H. Maurer, 35, who was killed late Thursday at Moffet Field in California, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. DST at the Gillman Funeral Home in Rittman.
Lt. Maurer was making his final turn, from 300 to 2oo feet above the field before landing, when his navy jet plane collided with a plane coming in on a parallel runway. Both pilots were killed instantly.
The accident happened at approximately 3:30 p.m. Who made the fatal mistake is the landing of the two planes is not know here.
In a letter to Maurer's family, Commander Henry E. Clark USN called Maurer "an excellent naval aviator and the officer". Maurer entered the navy in 1943.
Maurer's body will arrive in Cleveland early Wednesday. His wife, Katerine and their five children arrived in Rittman Monday.
Surviving beside Maurers wife and children, are his parents, Harry and Martha Schorle Maurer, his grand parents, Alfred Maurer and Mrs. Mary Schorle and a sister, Mrs. Neva McFarren.
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