Hudson Valley News

Group Plans Hike To Site Of 1945 Navy Plane Crash

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published June 20, 2015 at 7:46 AM EDT

A New York group is leading a hike to the site on a Hudson Valley mountain where a U.S. military plane crashed 70 years ago, killing six.
The Friends of the Mountain Beacon Six are hiking today to the spot on Mount Beacon where a twin-engine transport plane crashed in November 1945 while en route to Rhode Island.

Among those killed was Commodore Dixie Kiefer, a highly-decorated World War II hero, and the five other Navy men.

The Mount Beacon group is planning to hold a 70th anniversary ceremony in November.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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