On July 1, 1942, 21 soldiers were killed when a transport plane crashed near Premier in McDowell County.
Learn more:
"Airliner Falls Near Premier" (McDowell
Plane
Crash)
"Identify 17 Army Plane Dead" (McDowell
Plane Crash)
"Suggests Airport Might Have Prevented
Mishap" (McDowell Plane Crash)
"Welch Honors Memory Of 21 Dead
Soldiers"
(McDowell Plane Crash)
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