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Lowry, Norman

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4 PILOTS KILLED AS STUNT PLANES CRASH IN DESERT, By United Press International, Published: January 19, 1982
INDIAN SPRINGS, Nev., Jan. 18- Four jets from an Air Force stunt team crashed today, one after another, into t he rugged Nevada desert and exploded in flames, killing all four pilots. … The victims were identified as the group's leader, Maj. Norman Lowry 3d, 37 years old, of Radford, Va.; Capt. Willie Mays, 31, of Ripley, Tenn., flying left wing; Capt. Joseph Peterson, 32, of Tuskegee, Ala., flying right wing, and Capt. Mark Melancon, 31, of Dallas, flying the slot position."