Peggy Fleming
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Peggy Gale Fleming is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Cha
Fleming at a joint Canada–USA event during the 2010 Winter Olympics
Sabena Flight 548
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Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed
Peggy Fleming
…when her father took Peggy and her three sisters skating. In 1961, when Peggy was twelve years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Fleming was subsequently…
Crash site and debris
OO-SJB, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Manchester Airport on 28 May 1960
The U.S. Figure Skating Team just before boarding at Idlewild Airport in New York City. Front: team manager Deane McMinn, 44; Laurence Owen, 16; Douglas Ramsay, 16; Stephanie Westerfeld, 17; Gregory Kelley, 16; Rhode Lee Michelson, 17; Bradley Lord, 21. First step: Maribel Owen, 20; Dudley Richards, 29. Second step: William Hickox, 18; Ray Hadley Jr., 17. Third step: Laurie Hickox, 15; Larry Pierce, 24; Ila Ray Hadley, 18. Fourth row: Roger Campbell, 18;
Memorial at location of the crash