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Willis Wayne Campbell

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Willis Wayne Campbell

Birth
Oregon, USA
Death
1 Jun 1942 (aged 20)
Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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PATROL BOMBER CRASH KILLS SEVEN

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





PATROL BOMBER CRASH KILLS SEVEN

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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