A plane crashed In St. Louis County, MO Wellston  Sutter Ave.,  near Plymouth Ave.
ca 1943-44

Jim  and Walt : I  had these pictures for over all the years, I would guess it was while we were maybe in  Jr. High. I was there.1943-44 time frame maybe. Sutter Ave just South of HS football Field perhaps.F4U Corsair has always stuck in my head, but I do not know planes that well. F4U was the Navy Corsair. 
Bob Class of '49   Jan 2007 email

If you know the date of this accident,
drop us a note.   Bob

Jim Bowle's answer:  Bob: You brought back memories. I was telling an old pilot of Corsairs last Sunday about the one that crashed in Wellston. I'm not sure if you were with me or not but I remember it flying over the school yard in obvious trouble and seeing it go down and we took off. As I remember we thought it was trying to make the football field and didn't quite make it.   Jim B Class of '49   Jan 2007 email

Walt Wilson's answer:
Hi Bob;  I remember this crash. It was about two blocks from Bill M's house. I went home from school with him that afternoon, but we couldn't get close to the crash. It hit the front porch of a house on Sutter, very close to the intersection with Plymouth. You could see the smoke for miles. He was trying to land on the ball diamond at Wagner Park, on * Wherley Ave. across the street from Bill M's folks' house. His mom was home at the time, too. it was a close call for her because he couldn't have gotten stopped in the confines of the park, which was very small, and woulld have probably run into their house if he made the park. " Oh, By the way, it was a F4-U Corsair!"
Walt W Class of '49 Jan 2007 email