As the snowflakes fluttered across the airfield, the temptation was too much for two of the younger players in Manchester United’s travelling party.Eddie Colman, 21, was the first to scoop up a handful of snow from the ground. David Pegg, 22, soon joined him. The two were best friends and suddenly snowballs were being launched through the air. Hours later, both would be dead, along with 21 other passengers aboard British European Airways Flight 609.It was early afternoon on Thursday, February 6, 1958, and the twin-engined Airspeed AS57 Ambassador a model known as The Elizabethan carrying manager Matt Busby and his United players, had just landed at Munich-Riem Airport for refuelling on its way back to England from the team’s European Cup quarter-final second leg against Red Star Belgrade in the old Yugoslavia (now Serbia).Spirits were high.
Charlton, who played 758 games for his club and earned 106 caps for his beloved country, was one of five England s 1966 World Cup winners to suffer from dementia.