Incident Name:
Date: 7/31/1963
Personnel: George Roy Kunkel
Age: 32
Agency/Organization: Aerial Applicators, Inc under contract with (probably BLM)
Position: aerial firefighter, pilot
Summary: On July 31, 1963, pilot George Kunkel lost his life when the TBM he was piloting crashed in Utah. The plane was owned by Aerial Applicators, Inc.
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- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, web and research by the WLF Staff:
- 7/31/1963
- 1 killed, George Kunkel
- Operator: Aerial Applicators, Inc
- Type: TBM
- Location: UT
- FAA Registration # unknown
- NTSB # unknown
- No information available; consult the NTSB online lookup Utility
- Utah LODDs 1920-2012 by Steve LutzName of fallen: Kunkel, George R.; Date of Death: 31-Jul-63; Cause: Wildland (Airplane crash); Fire Department: Aerial Applicators Inc.
- Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966: George Roy Kunkel
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- Billion Graves Index, buried in Salt Lake City, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park: George Roy Kunkel
Contributors to this article: Steve Lutz
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