The Region - News from May 11, 1987

A pilot and his passenger were killed when their World War II-era Navy fighter crashed on a grassy hillside during an air show at Brown Field near San Diego. Authorities identified the pilot of the Corsair F-4U as Marshall Moss, 60, of Santa Monica, and the passenger as Joyce Matthews of San Diego, wife of Guy Matthews, another pilot participating in the air show. Robert G. Moore, legal officer for the San Diego wing of the Confederate Air Force, said it was the first fatal crash he could remember at any event sponsored by his organization. Moore said the fateful flight was a “reward” for Matthews, a volunteer who had worked hard on preparations for the popular air show. A spokesman for the California Department of Forestry said the crash occurred in remote, brush-covered foothills near Otay Lakes, about seven miles east of Brown Field.