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Fallen Heroes Details



In Memory Of
Gayle Wood
California Highway Patrol, CA
End of watch: 1978-09-01
Aircraft: unknown helicopter
Officers Gayle W. Wood and James E. McCabe were on air-traffic patrol, making their last run before quitting at dusk when their CHP helicopter crashed and burned near Castaic Lake on Interstate 5. The helicopter struck a power line support that apparently was not visible in the approaching darkness. Officer Wood, the 41-year-old pilot, was a 10-year veteran of the Patrol and had been a CHP pilot for five years.

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