Incident Name: fire in Trinity County, CA
Date: 9/24/1962
Personnel: Robert Christopherson
Age: 42
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service
Position: pilot, aerial firefighter
Summary:
On September 24, 1962, airtanker pilot Robert Christopherson was dropping retardant on a fire on the Trinity National Forest when his WWII vintage F7F hit a tree on the ridge during pullout and crashed. He did not survive.
Photo from Rosa Palacios (perhaps a yearbook photo)
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- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, AAP and research by the WLF Staff:
- 9/24/1963
- 1 killed: Robert Christopherson
- Operator: unknown
- Type: F7F
- Location: Trinity County, CA
- FAA Registration # unknown
- NTSB # unknown if any
- National Transportation Safety Board: no record
- For information if it becomes available consult the TSB online lookup Utility
- NTSB records online only go back to 1962 and are very incomplete.
- NWCG brief record
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- Find a Grave: Robert Christopherson
Name Robert G. Christopherson
Event Type Burial
Event Date 1962
Event Place Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States of America
Birth Date 30 Dec 1920
Death Date 24 Sep 1962
Affiliate Record Identifier 58638573
Cemetery Fairhaven Memorial Park
Inscription:
CA Cpl Army Air Forces WWII
- Californioa Death Index: Robert G Christopher
Name Robert G Christopher
Event Type Death
Event Date 24 Sep 1962
Event Place Trinity County, California, United States
Birth Date 30 Dec 1920
Birthplace Utah
Gender Male
Mother’s Name Nielson
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