DALLAS, TX. (THECOUNT) — Major Curtis Rowe, of Hilliard, Ohio, has been identified as one of six victims killed in a crash involving two historic military planes in Dallas, Texas Saturday.

Major Rowe, of the Ohio Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, was among the six who died during an air show mid-air collision in Texas Saturday.

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The fatal incident occurred over Dallas Executive Airport during an air show. The two classic military planes collided and crashed to the ground for yet to be determined reasons.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed around 1:20 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced in a tweet they would be launching a team to investigate the coalition, with the team expected to arrive Sunday.

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