Dean Ray, Capt. (1954)

RAY, CAMPBELL

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 6/9/2007 at 10:44:47

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
January 20, 1954

CAPT. RAY DIES IN PLANE CRASH

Army Flyer Was Son of Mrs. Arthur Campbell of Winterset

Capt. Dean Ray of the U. S. Air Force, son of Mrs. Arthur Campbell of Winterset, was killed Tuesday at Managua, Nicaragua, in Central America in the crash of the F-86 Sabrejet plane he was piloting. He was 34 years of age.

Captain Ray was piloting one of a flight of American military planes making a good will tour of Latin America. His plane crashed shortly after take-off from the Managua air field.

Captain Ray was a native of Greenfield and spent his life there until entering the Air Forces in World War ll. Recently he had been stationed at George Air Force base in California, from where he took off on the Latin American tour.

In addition to his mother in Winterset, he is survived by his wife, who lives in Victorville, Calif., their 7-year-old son; a brother, Dale Ray, and his grandmother, Mrs. L. E. Ray, both of Greenfield.

Funeral services will be held at Greenfield.