2 dead after WWII vintage plane crashes in Fredericksburg, officials say
Two people who were flying in a vintage World War II fighter plane on Saturday afternoon are dead after the aircraft crashed into the parking lot of a Fredericksburg apartment complex, officials said.
Gillespie County sheriff’s officials said they were called to the crash at 3:15 p.m., which occurred at the Friendship Place Apartments on the 700 block of South Creek Street.
Two people were reported to be on board the aircraft, Federal Aviation Administration officials said. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said both died in the crash.
The victims have not been identified, but the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, which was hosting a reenactment show that appears to have featured the WWII vintage P-51D Mustang fighter plane, said on a tweet Saturday that one of the victims was a veteran.
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