MARTINSBURG – Dozens of people gathered in War Memorial Park on Memorial Day for a breakfast hosted by Martinsburg’s Rotary followed by a service, in remembrance of Memorial Day.
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“This wasn t like you could see the outline of an airplane. There were pieces and then there were pine trees. And there were more pine trees than pieces,” Richardson remembered.
The British Redcoat Air Cargo plane had taken off from Logan Airport on its way to Ireland, carrying gold-tinned computer parts, seven crew members and one passenger.
Witnesses describe an explosion in the woods and a massive fire.
“They were spraying the engine with water and it blew up. And knocked everybody down,” said Bill Greene, remembering that day.
“(My son and Greene s son Billy) were shoveling the parking lot at the 99 (restaurant)and it came overhead and crashed in the woods,” said Ron Murray of Billerica.