Berg-Liles Dining Facility

Dining Facility Manager: TSgt Whitney Rogers
Asst Dining Facility Manager: (T)Sgt Matthew Hann

Two Sergeants Die in First Fatal Accident at Tyndall Field -July 4, 1942

Staff Sergeant Karl Berg, 22, of Long Beach, Calif, and Staff Sergeant John H. Liles Jr, 21, of Bailey, NC, were killed about 10 a.m. yesterday when their training plane crashed about 10 miles north of Tyndall Field during a routine training flight.

Sergeant Pilot Berg was a flying sergeant pilot. His next of kin is his mother Mrs. Nona M. Berg, 1880 Lewis Avenue, Long Beach, Calif. Sergeant Liles' Next of Kin is his father, John H. Liles, Route 3, Bailey, NC

In the swampy area the plane in which the two men met their death crashed into a swampy almost inaccessible area. Cause of plane crash has not been determined. The accident is the first flying fatality at Tyndall Field during its 14 months of operation, during which more than one solid year of flying time has been recorded.

(Dedicated 1 September 1981 as the name of Tyndall's Dining Facility)


Hours-
Breakfast: Monday-Friday 0530-0730
Saturday-Sunday & Holidays 0630-0730

Lunch: Monday-Sunday 1030-1300

Dinner: Monday-Sunday 1630-1830