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Tag Archives: flight 349

50th anniversary of the crash approaches

Written by hawes on August 4, 2009 — 14 Comments

This October 30, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most tragic incidents in Virginia history, the crash of Piedmont Airlines flight #349. Carrying 27 passengers and crew, it disappeared from contact that evening and was not seen until 36 hours later when rescuers found the wreckage on Buck’s Elbow Mountain in Albemarle [...]

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Daughter of musician makes Flight 349 facebook page

September 13, 2010

Wanda Willis, daughter of the Shenandoah Valley man who once penned a tribute song about the crash of Piedmont’s Flight 349, has made a Facebook page dedicated to the victims of that fateful flight. The song’s lyric is printed inside Phil’s book.

Bradley visit thrills Lynchburg

May 9, 2010
Event organizer Don Stokes and sole survor Phil Bradley at Liberty University

Event organizer Don Stokes and sole survivor Phil Bradley at Liberty University

Donald Stokes, one of the organizers of the special commemoration in Lynchburg (as the one in Charlottesville was canceled) for sole survivor Phil Bradley, penned the following account of the May 4 festivities at Liberty University:

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