SamMcGowan Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I got a private message asking about JFK's casket, and a rumor that he was buried at sea. As I understand it, the casket that his body was flown from Dallas to Andrews in was, in fact, dropped into the Atlantic from a C-130B from Langley. However, he was buried at Arlington in another casket that Jackie picked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airnav Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I heard the same thing Sam. It has been rumored that the "Dallas Casket" had to completely disappear so that it would never be a national archived item...... The drop was supposed to have been somewhere off of Nantucket, in a corridor that JFK liked to sail in. "He said, she said, rumor's, and so many stories........" Who the heck will ever know! Kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APG85 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 All you ever wanted to know about JFK's original coffin... http://www.jfklancer.com/LNE/coffin.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I have some info on that in Dallas. It was dropped from a B in the Atlantic. I think I have the crew list i'll look it up. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Not that I didn't love JFK, but that brass casket would make a hell of a beer cooler at a tailgater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Gee, I didn't mean for my post on the casket to bring the site to a sudden stop. Hopefully, everybody is just busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Gee, I didn't mean for my post on the casket to bring the site to a sudden stop. Hopefully, everybody is just busy. It's Friday, and you mentioned beer....duh!! LOL, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 LMAO! Good stuff... both of ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fräulein Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 It is saturday and I just woke up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamMcGowan Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 I got a private message asking about JFK's casket, and a rumor that he was buried at sea. As I understand it, the casket that his body was flown from Dallas to Andrews in was, in fact, dropped into the Atlantic from a C-130B from Langley. However, he was buried at Arlington in another casket that Jackie picked out. If I'm not mistaken, the crew was from Langley where the 463rd had recently moved from Sewart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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