SPENCERPORT, N.Y. (AP) — An 88-year-old World War II veteran who loved to fly died Saturday when his single-engine plane crashed in the upstate New York airfield that bore his name, authorities said.

Norman Hasman, a tail gunner who was shot down twice in combat and was a prisoner of war in Germany, was pronounced dead at the scene after his plane’s left wheel caught a patch of tall grass, causing the Cessna 140 to veer to the left and flip on its back, according to Sgt. Bob Murphy of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

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