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Missing Man Formation

Missing Man Formation

A missing man formation consists of four aircraft flying over a ceremony low enough to be clearly seen. The formation shape of a “V,” has the right arm, from the pilots’ perspective, longer than the left. When the “V” passes over the ceremonial site, the aircraft in the “ringfinger” position pulls up and leaves the formation in memory of the fallen pilot. This photo shows the National Guard flyover at the funeral of Pilot Captain, Mr. Tony Barbee in Albemarle, NC. Tony was one of four AirCare crew members killed in a helicopter mission on April 22, 1994. The aircraft crashed near the Bluefield, West Virginia airport. The other three AirCare members who died were Mr. Mike Travison, co-pilot and North Carolina Baptist Hospital Nurses Karen “Lynn” Canada and Donna Eaton.

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created
00/00/1994
description
A missing man formation consists of four aircraft flying over a ceremony low enough to be clearly seen. The formation shape of a "V," has the right arm, from the pilots' perspective, longer than the left. When the "V" passes over the ceremonial site, the aircraft in the "ringfinger" position pulls up and leaves the formation in memory of the fallen pilot. This photo shows the National Guard flyover at the funeral of Pilot Captain, Mr. Tony Barbee in Albemarle, NC. Tony was one of four AirCare crew members killed in a helicopter mission on April 22, 1994. The aircraft crashed near the Bluefield, West Virginia airport. The other three AirCare members who died were Mr. Mike Travison, co-pilot and North Carolina Baptist Hospital Nurses Karen “Lynn” Canada and Donna Eaton.
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
DF 334
identifier
nbg/evt/nbg_evt_00334, nbg/evt/nbg_evt_00334-th
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth NBG Events
isReferencedBy
NBG_evt_334
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rights
These images are protected by copyright restrictions. Please contact the owning library (Coy C. Carpenter Library)for more information, Enter any special rights statement regarding this photograph
rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
title
Missing Man Formation
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