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Elvis Raymond Crump Jr. Veteran

Birth: 4 Nov 1922
Death: 5 Feb 1958 (aged 35)
Burial: Riverside National Cemetery

Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.8875008, Longitude: -117.280098
Plot: MA 0 212-A
Memorial ID: 82463079 View Source

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Elvis Raymond Crump Sr

1895–1961
Sadie Irene Swaney Crump

1900–1986

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Elizabeth Betty Bessmer

1929–2023

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Rhoda Florence Crump Hanna

1924–2011

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Created by: Marvin & Samme Templin
Added: Dec 27, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82463079/elvis_raymond-crump: accessed ), memorial page for Elvis Raymond Crump Jr. (4 Nov 1922–5 Feb 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82463079, citing Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA; Maintained by Marvin & Samme Templin (contributor 426307).

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The fatal mission began on February 5, 1958 when B-47 s/n 52-0388 belonging to the 19th Bomb Squadron of the 22nd Bomb Wing, departed March Air Force Base, Riverside, CA about 6pm with Captain Elvis Raymond Crump, Jr., Major Albert E Lloyd, Jr., and Major John H Griffin. All three officers were married with families and had exceptional skills in the B-47. However, this mission was particularly challenging, difficult, and dangerous. After departing March, the passing over Oceanside, CA, they turned out ove the Pacific Ocean to begin practicing a new procedure to launch, rather than drop, their nuclear bomb. This procedure was known as a LABS hair-clippers and here is what the procedure entailed. The bomber would descend to a very low altitude, just above the waves, at maximum speed; then the bomber would pull up in a steep vertical climb and at the maximum altitude would open the bombay doors, and release the nuclear bomb, effectively flinging to bomb in the opposite direction as the bomber continued the climb rolling over on its back in the opposite direction from the path of the nuclear weapon. The purpose was to allow the B-47 to fly to its target at a very low altitude to avoid radar detection, then to climb rapidly and fling the bomb in the opposite direction and speed away. Now to to this at night over the Pacific Ocean required everything to work perfectly; obviously it did not. Some ships in the area reported a fireball indication that for some unknown reason, B47 52-0388 had blown up. No wreckage was found. No bodies recovered.

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B.47.com had a record of the crash on February 5, 1958 but did not have the record of the crew members. They assured me ther records will be updated AND they plan to run a story in an upcoming newsletter, soon.

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After the deaths of Lloyd, Griffin and Crump, the Strategic Air Command established a trophy award in their honor. The crew was from the 19th Bomb Squadron and the trophy was named the Lloyd, Griffin,Crump Trophy. My father, became rather obsessed with winning the trophy and keeping it in the 19th bomb squadron which was often the case. Coincidentally, he had flown the plane 52-0388 that morning over the same area. The search lasted fiv days. No traces of the airplane was ever found. Incredibly sad. These excellent AirForce officers were the best of the best, no doubt, and the families were devastated.

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Newspaper article I found in my father's files. My father was the commander of the 19th Bomb Squadron and knew these three men and their families very well. They were the finest crew in the squadron. The squadron was heartbroken by the loss and spend five days searching the Pacific west of Santa Barbara. Not a trace of the airplane was ever found. Accident occurred 2/5/58 at 6pm

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