A 1967 mid-air collision over North Carolina claimed the life of a top Pentagon advisor
A devastating mid-air collision over North Carolina in 1967 took the life of John T. McNaughton, a key Pentagon advisor who was poised to lead the Navy as its next Secretary.
On July 19, 1967, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 departing Asheville collided with a private Cessna 310 at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The disaster claimed 82 lives and shocked the nation because of one passenger: John T. McNaughton. As a close confidant to Robert McNamara, McNaughton was a primary architect of U.S. policy during the Vietnam War.
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