A ground search crew found the wreckage of the bomber where it had struck and partially burned on a hillside near Halfmoon Bay on the San Francisco peninsula. The crash occurred while the plane was on a routine flight.
Twelfth naval district headquarters today continued its investigation of the crash of a PBY Catalina flying boat that carried seven men to death on the rugged San Mateo county coast side Monday night.
The dead were:
WILLIS WAYNE CAMPBELL, ensign, USNR, son of Brent W. Campbell, Portland, Ore. He was pilot of the ill-fated ship.
CARL ELMER SEIDELMAN, aviation machinist's mate first class, USN, wife, Mrs. Irene Seidelman, San Diego.
WILLIAM HART STUTE, aviation pilot, second class, mother, Mrs. Eloise J. Stute, San Clemente.
KENNETH WAYNE SIMMONS, seaman first class, mother Mrs. W. O. Simmons, Pasco, Wash.
RONALD EDWARD McLEAN, aerographer third class, mother, Mrs. Della McLean, Lynn, Mass.
Burial Info from Military Headstone Application
Parents:
Father: Brent Willis Campbell
Mother" Allie S Campbell
The Crew of the ill fated crash may be found:
Carl Elmer Seidelman -
Find A Grave Memorial# 23936522
William Hart Stute -
Find A Grave Memorial# 80892279
Kenneth Wayne Simmons -
Find A Grave Memorial# 124097026
Ronald Edward MacLean -
Find A Grave Memorial# 79639568
A ground search crew found the wreckage of the bomber where it had struck and partially burned on a hillside near Halfmoon Bay on the San Francisco peninsula. The crash occurred while the plane was on a routine flight.
Twelfth naval district headquarters today continued its investigation of the crash of a PBY Catalina flying boat that carried seven men to death on the rugged San Mateo county coast side Monday night.
The dead were:
WILLIS WAYNE CAMPBELL, ensign, USNR, son of Brent W. Campbell, Portland, Ore. He was pilot of the ill-fated ship.
CARL ELMER SEIDELMAN, aviation machinist's mate first class, USN, wife, Mrs. Irene Seidelman, San Diego.
WILLIAM HART STUTE, aviation pilot, second class, mother, Mrs. Eloise J. Stute, San Clemente.
KENNETH WAYNE SIMMONS, seaman first class, mother Mrs. W. O. Simmons, Pasco, Wash.
RONALD EDWARD McLEAN, aerographer third class, mother, Mrs. Della McLean, Lynn, Mass.
Burial Info from Military Headstone Application
Parents:
Father: Brent Willis Campbell
Mother" Allie S Campbell
The Crew of the ill fated crash may be found:
Carl Elmer Seidelman -
Find A Grave Memorial# 23936522
William Hart Stute -
Find A Grave Memorial# 80892279
Kenneth Wayne Simmons -
Find A Grave Memorial# 124097026
Ronald Edward MacLean -
Find A Grave Memorial# 79639568
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