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Sgt Bransford B. Littleton III

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Sgt Bransford B. Littleton III

Birth
Michigan, USA
Death
22 Aug 1951 (aged 21)
Alaska, USA
Burial
Gotha, Orange County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Sgt. Littleton died in a C-47 transport plane crash in Alaska during a rainstorm. The crash killed all nine men aboard. The plane was on a routine mission from Anchorage to Fairbanks and had been in contact with ground crews a minute before slamming into an emergency landing strip.

Sgt. Littleton was a graduate of New Smyrna Beach High School in 1947 and joined the Air Force in September of that year. He had been in Alaska for 18 months serving as a radio operator.
Sgt. Littleton died in a C-47 transport plane crash in Alaska during a rainstorm. The crash killed all nine men aboard. The plane was on a routine mission from Anchorage to Fairbanks and had been in contact with ground crews a minute before slamming into an emergency landing strip.

Sgt. Littleton was a graduate of New Smyrna Beach High School in 1947 and joined the Air Force in September of that year. He had been in Alaska for 18 months serving as a radio operator.

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