European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                See related stories photos on the crash pages 2, 3, Back Page authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 135 wednesday August 31,1988 25 of airy and sunday d 8693 a 20 air show victims identified by Deedee Arrington Dok Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany German authorities said 20 of 49 people killed in sunday s air show had been identified by tuesday night but . Officials cited lower casualty and identification figures. Rheinland Pfalz state spokesman Jur Gen Dietzen said 20 of 49 people killed in the crash were identified. The 15 who died in hospitals included six germans two children and an unborn baby. The 34 people killed instantly included the three italian air Force pilots nine Ger mans one dutch and one French Dietzen said. He also said 282 people remained in 27 hospitals. . Air Force officials at Ramstein confirmed 42 deaths. In Washington however chief Penta gon spokesman Dan Howard said the lat est count put the number of confirmed fatalities at 40, including six americans four germans three italians and 27 peo ple of unknown nationality. Of the six americans at least two were Active duty military personnel and three were family members Howard said. The defense department is trying to resolve conflicts in the casualty counts he said. The latest Pentagon count showed 363 individuals injured of whom 41 were american and 322 Ger Man. The German red Cross confirmed 41 americans injured and 322 non Ameri cans but not necessarily All germans. Attempting to identify the dead Are . Air Force personnel and German forensic specialists from state and Federal police along with criminal Medicine professors Dietzen said. They had trouble identifying the Vic Tims because of the condition of the Bod ies and the Lack of identification found near them at the scene of the catastrophe. I Don t want to get too graphic. The parts Are not All together said senior master sgt. Eddie Lee Ramstein a spokesman. Some of the bodies were pretty badly  according to the German red Cross 46 people were still missing. The air Force asked anyone who has located family members or friends they originally reported missing to Call ets 480-2551 or civilian 06371-47-2551. More than 1,000 people were reported missing sunday evening. The disaster the world s worst air continued on Back Page this photo shows the collision of Derma Chi mb-339a jets from the recce Tricolour acrobatic team sunday Over Ramstein a. Poor timing Likely cause of crash italian air Force spokesman says by alb a Bragoli Mediterranean Bureau sunday s fatal air show collision Likely was caused by a Solo italian Pilot flying too late into a formation of nine other planes an italian air Force spokesman said tuesday. At this Point we feel that the Acci Dent was caused by the Solo flier coming in too late maj. Giorgio Dimartino said. We Don t know How or Why. It could have been a number of things and Well have to wait for the results of the investigation for an  Dimartino revealed tuesday that two other jets were slightly damaged by exploding debris when the soloist collided with two planes in the formation. At least 49 people were killed and More than 360 injured when the plane crashed near the crowd of spectators at Ramstein a West Germany. Three pilots were killed. The pilots of the two slightly damaged planes were not injured and were Able to land their Derma Chi mb-339a Jet train ers at nearby Sembach a he said. The two planes will remain in Germany until the crash investigation is Complete and they Are repaired. . Air Force officials declined to comment. The Accident is under investigation Safe spokesman capt. De Worley said. We re not going to speculate on what might have caused the  the Accident occurred at the end of a Man Euver called the pierced  in the Man Euver the 10-plane team splits at the top of a High Loop. Five planes descend in one direction while four planes descend in the opposite direction All trailing brightly coloured smoke. As the paths of the nine aircraft Cross to Complete the Bottom of a heart the 10th plane piloted by the Solo performer cuts through and above the formation at a 90-degree Angle piercing the heart like an Arrow. At the time of the Cross the Solo plane flies directly toward the spectators. Sunday the Solo Pilot whose wife was among the 300,000 spectators arrived As the other nine planes were Cross ing. Published reports tuesday said the Man Euver was not permitted when the team performed at the Cleveland Ohio National air show two years ago because see crash on Back Page 1 killed 4 Hurt in Accident at Grafe Wohr Grafe Wohr West Germany one Soldier died and four others were injured monday night when two Bradley cavalry fighting vehicles were nit by rounds fired from an Abrams tank. The Accident occurred shortly before Midnight on Range 301 in the Grafen shr training area while a platoon of my Abrams tanks and a platoon of m3 Bradley conducted simultaneous live firing exercises v corps spokesman Walter Nebgen said tues Day. During the exercises two Bradley were hit by rounds fired from an Abrams Nebgen said. One of the Bradley caught fire but the extent of the dam age was unknown he said. The Bradley carries a five Man Crew. The army would not say whether the one dead Soldier and four injured were in the Bradley that caught fire. Army officials declined to release further details about the Accident  name of the dead Soldier is being withheld until relatives can be notified. Of the injured pfc. Michael r. Williams and pfc. Thomas s. Nelson of b troop 1st so Lith Arm Cav regt in Fulda were taken to the Nurnberg army Hospital. They were being treated for first and second degree Burns and both were in stable condition tuesday Nebgen said. Staff sgt. Troy r. Chase and sgt. Daryl l. Hope also with b troop were taken to the Grafe Wohr clinic where they were treated for Burns and re leased. A Board of officers is investigating the Accident Nebgen said