Border Patrol Inspector James M. Carter
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, June 6, 1956

Biographical Info
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Wednesday, June 6, 1956
Incident Location: Texas
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Inspector Carter and Pilot Douglas Shute were killed in an airplane accident near Comstock, Texas, while searching for illegal aliens. They had signaled to a ground-team that they had spotted the group and began to circle around. The plane suddenly went into a steep climb from 100 feet to 450 feet, stalled, and then descended into the ground. Inspector Carter and Pilot Shute were both killed in impact.

Inspector Carter had been with the agency for one year.

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Pilot Douglas C. Shute United States Department of Justice - B..., US EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1956 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident