One of thirteen military personnel killed when
U.S. Air Force C-47D Skytrain #45-1124
crashed into the side of Mt. San Gorgonio,
California, approximately midway between San
Bernardino and Yucca Valley, during an intense
snowstorm, December 1, 1952.
The wreck was located three weeks later on
December 21 under twelve feet of snow, but
the bodies of the victims were not removed
from the crash site until May 3, 1953.
The service men killed were:
Capt. George Bingham , Pilot
1st Lt. Robert Germer , Co-pilot
M/Sgt. Ronald Rominger , Flt. Engr./radio op.
CWO Raymond H Ward , USAF
A/2C John C Lawson , USAF
A/3C Franklin R Whitt , USAF
PFC Wayne E. Adams, USMC
TN Felix S Roseman , USN
PFC John F Hartman , USMC
PFC Carleton Yow , USMC
PV2-E2 Arthur Dowling , US Army
PVT-E2 Waitman McCallister , US Army
PV2-E Robert L Pope , US Army
Burial location provided by ShaneO
One of thirteen military personnel killed when
U.S. Air Force C-47D Skytrain #45-1124
crashed into the side of Mt. San Gorgonio,
California, approximately midway between San
Bernardino and Yucca Valley, during an intense
snowstorm, December 1, 1952.
The wreck was located three weeks later on
December 21 under twelve feet of snow, but
the bodies of the victims were not removed
from the crash site until May 3, 1953.
The service men killed were:
Capt. George Bingham , Pilot
1st Lt. Robert Germer , Co-pilot
M/Sgt. Ronald Rominger , Flt. Engr./radio op.
CWO Raymond H Ward , USAF
A/2C John C Lawson , USAF
A/3C Franklin R Whitt , USAF
PFC Wayne E. Adams, USMC
TN Felix S Roseman , USN
PFC John F Hartman , USMC
PFC Carleton Yow , USMC
PV2-E2 Arthur Dowling , US Army
PVT-E2 Waitman McCallister , US Army
PV2-E Robert L Pope , US Army
Burial location provided by ShaneO
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