In 1973 singer Jim Croce was killed in an airplane accident at Natchitoches, Louisiana. From URL
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Prior to 1946 listing of plane wrecks from the US Coast Guard:
http://www.check-six.com/lib/Coast_Guard_Aviation_Casualties.htm
Navy Flight 86 Disappearance:
http://www.check-six.com/Coast_Guard/5_June_1942_PBY_Disappears.htm
See also previous post for information about the above links regarding First Cemetery Cameron Parish
I don’t know if the pilot (assumption) was ever identified or even if the type of plane he flew was ever identified (he was found still strapped into his seat.) I am left to wonder if this unknown burial in First Cemetery in 1946 was a member of the US military or US Coast Guard. It seems more likely given the time period and looking at the statistics that this is true. Hurricane Audrey 1957 left two markers in this cemetery. I sent an email out to Calcasieu in hopes that more is known concerning this burial that just isn’t online, even though the transcript indicated Cameron Parish.
In 1946, the skeleton of an airplane pilot
still fastened in his seat belt was
found on Broussard Beach. His unidentified
remains were buried here.
Plane Crash Info 1945
