Brothers R. T. & Vance & one sister, Geraldine
Colburn.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps.
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 in service were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T. Colburn
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
PFC Lester S Erickson
SSgt. George R Eversull
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
PFC Denver W Koeppe
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Brothers R. T. & Vance & one sister, Geraldine
Colburn.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps.
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 in service were:
2nd Lt. Walter R Faught, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Edwin A Harness, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Salvatore T Barone
SSgt. Anthony W Belcher
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
SSgt. Russell A Carter
SSgt. Archie W Chamblin
SSgt. Joseph S Cholewa
SSgt. Leo T. Colburn
Flt. Off. Horace M Dickson, Jr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
PFC Lester S Erickson
SSgt. George R Eversull
2nd Lt. Harry E Haney
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
PFC Denver W Koeppe
Cpl. Kermit S Masters
SSgt. Leon A Olin
Pvt Chester F Petrowski
Cpl. Bartola P Purpura
Inscription
S.Sgt. U.S. Army
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Alabama; ASN 20416619
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