The following was submitted by Bronson Gardner:
UP)—Second Lieutenant J. C. Jones, 21, Goldsboro, N. C,, and Aviation Cadet Blaine B. Peterson, 27, Preston, Idaho, were killed late Saturday when their training plane crashed five miles west of Luke field. They were on a routine training flight. Colonel John K. Nisley, field official, has appointed a board of officers to investigate the crash.
The Salt Lake Tribune 16 August 1943 › Page 9
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115712568
The accident report says that Blaine B. Peterson was the pilot on the date of the accident, August 14, 1943,
which means that James Charlie Jones must have been the co-pilot
The plane was an AT-6C, serial number 42-44000. They were members of squadron 345 SEFT from Luke Field, Arizona.
The Action code is listed as KCRSSP. The code translates to "Killed in a Crash related to a stall or spin".
The following was submitted by Bronson Gardner:
UP)—Second Lieutenant J. C. Jones, 21, Goldsboro, N. C,, and Aviation Cadet Blaine B. Peterson, 27, Preston, Idaho, were killed late Saturday when their training plane crashed five miles west of Luke field. They were on a routine training flight. Colonel John K. Nisley, field official, has appointed a board of officers to investigate the crash.
The Salt Lake Tribune 16 August 1943 › Page 9
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115712568
The accident report says that Blaine B. Peterson was the pilot on the date of the accident, August 14, 1943,
which means that James Charlie Jones must have been the co-pilot
The plane was an AT-6C, serial number 42-44000. They were members of squadron 345 SEFT from Luke Field, Arizona.
The Action code is listed as KCRSSP. The code translates to "Killed in a Crash related to a stall or spin".
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