Philip Thaddeus Durfee was a graduate of South Pasadena High School. He was joined in marriage to Kathryn née Ahlswede on June 4, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. He was the pilot of a U.S. Army Air Corps B-25J Mitchell Medium Bomber (#44-31477), when he crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, D.C. Airport on a Friday. Philip was a Caltech graduate, with a degree in mechanical engineering. After his graduation, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps as an officer cadet, receiving his wings at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, in 1930. He reenlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939, and spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. He served in World War II, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit. After the war, in February 1946, he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived. (Bio by: Jay Lance)
Children:
Philip, 9,
William, 7 (now in the East)
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Pasadena Independent - September 25, 1946
Colonel Philip T Durfee, 39-year-old San Marinan, was killed when a twin-engine B-25 Army bomber crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, DC airport last Friday, his mother, Mrs Jennie Durfee, 665 La Mirada Avenue, and sister, Miss Helen Durfee (SPHS '22), learned yesterday. Colonel Durfee, a Caltech graduate, was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. He received his Army 'wings' at Kelly Field in 1930. He reenlisted in 1939 and served as coordinator of Army, Navy and civilian activities in Alaska. He was assigned to Langley Field last February. He also leaves his wife Kathryn (SPHS '24) and two sons, Philip, 9, William, 7 (now in the East).
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Caltech Alumni News (Engineering and Science Monthly) - Fall 1946
Colonel Philip T. Durfee '28 was killed in the crash of a B-25 Army bomber on September 21, 1946. After graduation in mechanical engineering, Colonel Durfee joined the Army Air Forces, receiving his wings at Kelley Field in 1930. Returning to the Army in 1939, he spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. Last February he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit Award, Colonel Durfee is survived by his wife and two sons. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived.
Children:
Philip, 9,
William, 7 (now in the East)
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Pasadena Independent - September 25, 1946
Colonel Philip T Durfee, 39-year-old San Marinan, was killed when a twin-engine B-25 Army bomber crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, DC airport last Friday, his mother, Mrs Jennie Durfee, 665 La Mirada Avenue, and sister, Miss Helen Durfee (SPHS '22), learned yesterday. Colonel Durfee, a Caltech graduate, was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. He received his Army 'wings' at Kelly Field in 1930. He reenlisted in 1939 and served as coordinator of Army, Navy and civilian activities in Alaska. He was assigned to Langley Field last February. He also leaves his wife Kathryn (SPHS '24) and two sons, Philip, 9, William, 7 (now in the East).
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Caltech Alumni News (Engineering and Science Monthly) - Fall 1946
Colonel Philip T. Durfee '28 was killed in the crash of a B-25 Army bomber on September 21, 1946. After graduation in mechanical engineering, Colonel Durfee joined the Army Air Forces, receiving his wings at Kelley Field in 1930. Returning to the Army in 1939, he spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. Last February he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit Award, Colonel Durfee is survived by his wife and two sons. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived.
Philip Thaddeus Durfee was a graduate of South Pasadena High School. He was joined in marriage to Kathryn née Ahlswede on June 4, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. He was the pilot of a U.S. Army Air Corps B-25J Mitchell Medium Bomber (#44-31477), when he crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, D.C. Airport on a Friday. Philip was a Caltech graduate, with a degree in mechanical engineering. After his graduation, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps as an officer cadet, receiving his wings at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, in 1930. He reenlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939, and spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. He served in World War II, and was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit. After the war, in February 1946, he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived. (Bio by: Jay Lance)
Children:
Philip, 9,
William, 7 (now in the East)
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Pasadena Independent - September 25, 1946
Colonel Philip T Durfee, 39-year-old San Marinan, was killed when a twin-engine B-25 Army bomber crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, DC airport last Friday, his mother, Mrs Jennie Durfee, 665 La Mirada Avenue, and sister, Miss Helen Durfee (SPHS '22), learned yesterday. Colonel Durfee, a Caltech graduate, was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. He received his Army 'wings' at Kelly Field in 1930. He reenlisted in 1939 and served as coordinator of Army, Navy and civilian activities in Alaska. He was assigned to Langley Field last February. He also leaves his wife Kathryn (SPHS '24) and two sons, Philip, 9, William, 7 (now in the East).
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Caltech Alumni News (Engineering and Science Monthly) - Fall 1946
Colonel Philip T. Durfee '28 was killed in the crash of a B-25 Army bomber on September 21, 1946. After graduation in mechanical engineering, Colonel Durfee joined the Army Air Forces, receiving his wings at Kelley Field in 1930. Returning to the Army in 1939, he spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. Last February he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit Award, Colonel Durfee is survived by his wife and two sons. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived.
Children:
Philip, 9,
William, 7 (now in the East)
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Pasadena Independent - September 25, 1946
Colonel Philip T Durfee, 39-year-old San Marinan, was killed when a twin-engine B-25 Army bomber crashed while making an emergency landing at the Washington, DC airport last Friday, his mother, Mrs Jennie Durfee, 665 La Mirada Avenue, and sister, Miss Helen Durfee (SPHS '22), learned yesterday. Colonel Durfee, a Caltech graduate, was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia. He received his Army 'wings' at Kelly Field in 1930. He reenlisted in 1939 and served as coordinator of Army, Navy and civilian activities in Alaska. He was assigned to Langley Field last February. He also leaves his wife Kathryn (SPHS '24) and two sons, Philip, 9, William, 7 (now in the East).
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Caltech Alumni News (Engineering and Science Monthly) - Fall 1946
Colonel Philip T. Durfee '28 was killed in the crash of a B-25 Army bomber on September 21, 1946. After graduation in mechanical engineering, Colonel Durfee joined the Army Air Forces, receiving his wings at Kelley Field in 1930. Returning to the Army in 1939, he spent the next four years in Alaska and the Aleutians, and was coordinator of Army, Navy, and civilian activities in Alaska. Last February he was assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. Holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit Award, Colonel Durfee is survived by his wife and two sons. Three others were killed in the crash of the bomber piloted by Colonel Durfee, while two men, both Army personnel, survived.
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