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Keller Mayor Armin MIzani identified one among the six victims of a collision between historic buildings Military planesTerry Barker, a U.S. Army vet and former Keller City Councilman, will speak on Saturday.
“Terry Barker is a beloved friend. “He was a friend, and someone whose advice I often sought,” Mizani wrote on Sunday in a tribute for Barker. “Even though he was no longer a member of the City Council or flies for American Airlines, his love and devotion to community was still evident.”
Saturday afternoon, a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber collided with a P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft during a collision. Wings Over Dallas air show, which bills itself as “America’s Premier World War II Airshow.”
Terry Barker, a U.S. Army Veteran and ex-Keller City Councilman, was killed in a collision between two historic military aircraft on Saturday, Dallas, Texas.
(Keller Mayor Armin Mizani)
Barker was also a member the Allied Pilots Association.
(Keller Mayor Armin Mizani)
The event was set for November 11-13. Veterans Day weekendIncluded more than 40 World War 11-era planes.
“Yesterday [Barker]Mayor Mizani stated Sunday that he was flying to honor “the greatest generation.” “Today, Keller Town Hall’s Field of Honor will be standing for an additional week in his honour.”
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Keller is a suburb in Fort Worth, about 30 miles north of the crash site on Saturday.
The debris from the two planes that crashed during an Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport are still on the ground.
(AP Photo/LM Otero)
Nathaniel Ross Photography captured this historic military plane colliding with another aircraft during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday, November 12, 2022.
(Nathaniel Ross Photography via AP
According to the Allied Pilots Association which represents American Airlines pilots Barker and Len Root were both members of their union.
Video footage of the collision showed that the P-63 fighter aircraft crashed into the B-17 bomber. Both aircraft were sent to the ground, igniting an explosion.
Terry Barker was killed in a collision of two historic military planes over Dallas, Texas on Saturday.
(Keller Mayor Armin Mizani)
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Clay Jenkins, Dallas County Judge, stated that authorities were still working on Sunday to identify the deceased and notify their next-of-kin. There were no injuries to anyone on the ground.
The investigation into the accident is being led by the National Transportation Safety Board.
