July 28, 1963: 24 delagates to the 11th Boy Scout World Jamboree in Greece perished in a tragic plane crash

On July 28, 1963, one of the most devastating tragedies in Philippine scouting history unfolded when 24 Filipino Boy Scouts and their adult companions perished in a plane crash while en route to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Marathon, Greece. The loss of these young delegates, who represented the best of Filipino youth and the idealism of their generation, remains one of the worst scouting disasters in world history.