1958 B-52 crash at Fairchild

The family of people killed in a crash of 2 B-52s back in 1958 are working to get a monument put up to the victims of the crash out at Fairchild.

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Mon., Dec. 19, 2016

Greg Staples holds his father’s vintage flight jacket in his north Spokane office on Dec. 16, 2016. Maj. Donald Staples died in a B-52 crash on Sept. 8, 1958, near Fairchild Air Force Base.

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Maj. Donald Staples, photographed in 1944 in Turner, Montana, died in a B-52 crash, on Sept. 8, 1958, near Fairchild Air Force Base.

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Airplane accident, Fairchild Air Force Base. September 8, 1958.
B-52 accident, Fairchild Air Force Base, Sept. 8, 1958.

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B-52 accident, Fairchild Air Force Base, Sept. 9, 1958.

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B-52 accident. Fairchild Air Force Base. September 9, 1958.
B-52 accident, Fairchild Air Force Base, Sept. 8, 1958.

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Airplane accident, Fairchild Air Force Base, Sept. 8, 1958.

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