Lloyd Francis Knapp was the son of Lloyd and Drusilla Knapp.
S/Sgt Knapp was serving in the US Air Force as an aerial gunner with the 99th Bombardment Squadron. A B-29 that was stationed at Fairfield-Suisun AFB crashed and burned shortly after takeoff on 5 Aug 1950. In addition to the plane burning, part of the ordinance the plane was carrying exploded. S/Sgt Knapp was one of ten men who perished in the rear of the plane. Two men in the front of the aircraft also died from injuries.
The base was later named Travis AFB after General Travis who was also killed in the crash.
S/Sgt Knapp was serving in the US Air Force as an aerial gunner with the 99th Bombardment Squadron. A B-29 that was stationed at Fairfield-Suisun AFB crashed and burned shortly after takeoff on 5 Aug 1950. In addition to the plane burning, part of the ordinance the plane was carrying exploded. S/Sgt Knapp was one of ten men who perished in the rear of the plane. Two men in the front of the aircraft also died from injuries.
The base was later named Travis AFB after General Travis who was also killed in the crash.
Lloyd Francis Knapp was the son of Lloyd and Drusilla Knapp.
S/Sgt Knapp was serving in the US Air Force as an aerial gunner with the 99th Bombardment Squadron. A B-29 that was stationed at Fairfield-Suisun AFB crashed and burned shortly after takeoff on 5 Aug 1950. In addition to the plane burning, part of the ordinance the plane was carrying exploded. S/Sgt Knapp was one of ten men who perished in the rear of the plane. Two men in the front of the aircraft also died from injuries.
The base was later named Travis AFB after General Travis who was also killed in the crash.
S/Sgt Knapp was serving in the US Air Force as an aerial gunner with the 99th Bombardment Squadron. A B-29 that was stationed at Fairfield-Suisun AFB crashed and burned shortly after takeoff on 5 Aug 1950. In addition to the plane burning, part of the ordinance the plane was carrying exploded. S/Sgt Knapp was one of ten men who perished in the rear of the plane. Two men in the front of the aircraft also died from injuries.
The base was later named Travis AFB after General Travis who was also killed in the crash.
