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. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Bartola P. Purpura
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt. Chester F Petrowski
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
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Service ID: 32254430.
~
Son of Bartola Purpura, a native of Italy.
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. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Bartola P. Purpura
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt. Chester F Petrowski
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
~
Service ID: 32254430.
~
Son of Bartola Purpura, a native of Italy.
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. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Bartola P. Purpura
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt. Chester F Petrowski
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
~
Service ID: 32254430.
~
Son of Bartola Purpura, a native of Italy.
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. Kermit S Masters
Cpl. Bartola P. Purpura
Cpl. Claudius W Haywood III
Pfc. Denver W Koeppe
Pfc. Lester S Erickson
Pvt. Chester F Petrowski
Pvt. Elmer J Campbell
Pvt. Edward F X Carr
Pvt. Elmo G Edmonds
~
Service ID: 32254430.
~
Son of Bartola Purpura, a native of Italy.
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CPL, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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