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CPT Craig David Button

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CPT Craig David Button

Original Name
DAVID
Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
2 Apr 1997 (aged 32)
Eagle County, Colorado, USA
Burial
East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
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X, 0, 1408
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CAPT, US AIR FORCE
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A United States Air Force Captain and onetime instructor pilot, Button was flying his A-10 warplane in a training mission over Arizona when, for reasons still unknown, he broke formation and took off on a jagged, 500-mile solo flight, buzzing several ski areas and making a detailed approach to one small Colorado airport, before finally smashing into a rock face at 12, 500 feet near Vail, Colorado. Investigators spent 18 days searching for the wreckage.∼Eagle, CO
A United States Air Force Captain and onetime instructor pilot, Button was flying his A-10 warplane in a training mission over Arizona when, for reasons still unknown, he broke formation and took off on a jagged, 500-mile solo flight, buzzing several ski areas and making a detailed approach to one small Colorado airport, before finally smashing into a rock face at 12, 500 feet near Vail, Colorado. Investigators spent 18 days searching for the wreckage.∼Eagle, CO

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  • Maintained by: John T. Chiarella
  • Added: Feb 25, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/448392/craig_david-button: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Craig David Button (24 Nov 1964–2 Apr 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 448392, citing Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by John T. Chiarella (contributor 12038633).