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| Pilot Douglas C. Shute
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, June 6, 1956 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Wednesday, June 6, 1956
Incident Location: Texas
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Pilot Shute and Inspector James Carter were killed in an airplane accident near Comstock, Texas, while searching for illegal aliens. They had signaled to a ground-team that they had spotted the group and began to circle around. The plane suddenly went into a steep climb from 100 feet to 450 feet, stalled, and then descended into the ground. Inspector Carter and Pilot Shute were both killed in impact. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
