Millbrae in San Mateo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Flight 7
Pan American World Airways Clipper
Romance of the Skies
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado
1. Flight 7 Marker
Flight Crew
Pilot Captain Gordon H. Brown First Officer William P. Wygant Second Officer W.H. Fortenberry Engineer Albert Pinataro Stewardess Yvonne Alexander Stewardess Marie McGrath Flight Supervisor John (Jack) King Purser Eugene Crosthwaite
Robert S. Alexander Margaret Alexander Judy Alexander David Alexander Marion Bluim Barber Tomiko Boyd Fred Choy H. Lee Clack Ann Carter Clack Bruce Clack Scott Clack Kimi Clack Nancy Mariko Clack Gordon Cole William H. Deck Melih Dural Edward T. Ellis William Hagan Norma Hagan Robert Halliday David Hill Joseph Jones Hideo Kubota Robert L. LaMaison Nicole LaMaison Thomas McGrail Soledad Mercado William H. Payne Ruby Quong Louis Rodrigues Helen Rowland Cassiqua Soehertijah VanDerbijl Phillip B. Sullivan Bess Sullivan Harold Sunderland Toyoe Tanaka
Dedicated by the Pan American Flight 7 Memorial Committee in abiding love for those whose memory we cherish,
this page online
Erected 2022 by Pan American Flight 7 Memorial Committee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is November 8, 1957.
Location. 37° 36.131′ N, 122° 23.778′ W. Marker is in Millbrae, California, in San Mateo County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Poplar Avenue and Lansdale Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The granite marker is in the front yard of the Millbrae Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 420 Poplar Avenue, Millbrae CA 94030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. George Lange Kelly (here, next to this marker); Millbrae Historical Society (a few steps from this marker); First Camp after Discovery of San Francisco Bay (approx. 1.3 miles away); Kohl Mansion (approx. 1½ miles away); The San Andreas Fault (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tanforan Assembly Center Commemorative Garden (approx. 2.6 miles away); Seabiscuit (approx. 2.6 miles away); First Shipboard Landing (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millbrae.
Also see . . .
1. What Happened to Pan Am Flight 7?. Smithsonian Magazine
"Sabotage? Negligence? Fraud? New clues surface(Submitted on July 30, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)in a 60-year-old aviation mystery."Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 27, 20232. Flight 7 Marker
2. Forgotten plane crash that changed aviation memorialized in Millbrae. News Station KRON "In Millbrae, a city with deep ties to the aviation community it sits near SFO there is a new memorial to commemorate the loss of Pan Am flight 7. The crash of Pan Am Flight 7 and the subsequent investigation eventually led, in part, to the creation of the Federal Aviation Agency in 1958, which then became the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA in 1967." (Submitted on July 30, 2023.)
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3. A Pan Am Stratocruiser similar to Flight 7
Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 101 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 30, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
