One of 21 crew and passengers killed when
C-49E transport #42-56093 crashed on a
mountainside above Premier, West Virginia,
during a thunderstorm.
The airplane was enroute to Florence,
South Carolina with pilot trainees.
A C-49 was an American Airlines Douglas DC-2 commandeered by the Army and pressed into military transport service during the early stages of World War II due to aircraft
shortages.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T Colburn
SSgt. George R Eversull
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Pvt Elmo G. Edmonds
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
C-49E transport #42-56093 crashed on a
mountainside above Premier, West Virginia,
during a thunderstorm.
The airplane was enroute to Florence,
South Carolina with pilot trainees.
A C-49 was an American Airlines Douglas DC-2 commandeered by the Army and pressed into military transport service during the early stages of World War II due to aircraft
shortages.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T Colburn
SSgt. George R Eversull
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Pvt Elmo G. Edmonds
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
One of 21 crew and passengers killed when
C-49E transport #42-56093 crashed on a
mountainside above Premier, West Virginia,
during a thunderstorm.
The airplane was enroute to Florence,
South Carolina with pilot trainees.
A C-49 was an American Airlines Douglas DC-2 commandeered by the Army and pressed into military transport service during the early stages of World War II due to aircraft
shortages.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T Colburn
SSgt. George R Eversull
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Pvt Elmo G. Edmonds
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
C-49E transport #42-56093 crashed on a
mountainside above Premier, West Virginia,
during a thunderstorm.
The airplane was enroute to Florence,
South Carolina with pilot trainees.
A C-49 was an American Airlines Douglas DC-2 commandeered by the Army and pressed into military transport service during the early stages of World War II due to aircraft
shortages.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T Colburn
SSgt. George R Eversull
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Pvt Elmo G. Edmonds
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
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