WORLD WAR II
KIA
Army Air Forces, 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group
Son of Jake Stone and Bernice Elizabeth Barr Colvin.
CHESTER - First Lieut. Jake Stone Colvin Jr., who was reported missing in action since February 19, 1944, over Germany, was killed on that date according to a message from the navigator of his flying fortress.
Lieut. Allen E. Johnson, the navigator, in a letter to Lieutenant Colvin's parents, County Treasurer Jake S. Colvin, Sr., and Mrs. Colvin, said that the crew of 10 had just finished dropping their bomb load over Brunswick when flak came in the open door of the fortress and made a terrific explosion. He wrote that he looked forward in the fortress and saw the pilot, Lieutenant Colvin and his co-pilot slumped over in their seats, dead. The plane burst into flames, and six crew members parachuted safely to the ground.
One other man in the plane from South Carolina was a Sergeant Clayton of Spartanburg, who is still listed missing.
News of Lieutenant Colvin's death caused widespread sorrow in Chester, where he was well known and liked. He trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., Douglas, Ga., Greenwood, Lawrenceville, Ill. and Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the Chester ARP church.
He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Miss Bernice Colvin, senior at Erskine College and Miss Jessie Colvin; a brother, Penn Colvin of Chester; and his grandmother, Mrs. J.S. Colvin of Chester.
Note:
There's a cenotaph for Jake at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, South Carolina.
KIA
Army Air Forces, 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group
Son of Jake Stone and Bernice Elizabeth Barr Colvin.
CHESTER - First Lieut. Jake Stone Colvin Jr., who was reported missing in action since February 19, 1944, over Germany, was killed on that date according to a message from the navigator of his flying fortress.
Lieut. Allen E. Johnson, the navigator, in a letter to Lieutenant Colvin's parents, County Treasurer Jake S. Colvin, Sr., and Mrs. Colvin, said that the crew of 10 had just finished dropping their bomb load over Brunswick when flak came in the open door of the fortress and made a terrific explosion. He wrote that he looked forward in the fortress and saw the pilot, Lieutenant Colvin and his co-pilot slumped over in their seats, dead. The plane burst into flames, and six crew members parachuted safely to the ground.
One other man in the plane from South Carolina was a Sergeant Clayton of Spartanburg, who is still listed missing.
News of Lieutenant Colvin's death caused widespread sorrow in Chester, where he was well known and liked. He trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., Douglas, Ga., Greenwood, Lawrenceville, Ill. and Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the Chester ARP church.
He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Miss Bernice Colvin, senior at Erskine College and Miss Jessie Colvin; a brother, Penn Colvin of Chester; and his grandmother, Mrs. J.S. Colvin of Chester.
Note:
There's a cenotaph for Jake at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, South Carolina.
WORLD WAR II
KIA
Army Air Forces, 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group
Son of Jake Stone and Bernice Elizabeth Barr Colvin.
CHESTER - First Lieut. Jake Stone Colvin Jr., who was reported missing in action since February 19, 1944, over Germany, was killed on that date according to a message from the navigator of his flying fortress.
Lieut. Allen E. Johnson, the navigator, in a letter to Lieutenant Colvin's parents, County Treasurer Jake S. Colvin, Sr., and Mrs. Colvin, said that the crew of 10 had just finished dropping their bomb load over Brunswick when flak came in the open door of the fortress and made a terrific explosion. He wrote that he looked forward in the fortress and saw the pilot, Lieutenant Colvin and his co-pilot slumped over in their seats, dead. The plane burst into flames, and six crew members parachuted safely to the ground.
One other man in the plane from South Carolina was a Sergeant Clayton of Spartanburg, who is still listed missing.
News of Lieutenant Colvin's death caused widespread sorrow in Chester, where he was well known and liked. He trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., Douglas, Ga., Greenwood, Lawrenceville, Ill. and Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the Chester ARP church.
He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Miss Bernice Colvin, senior at Erskine College and Miss Jessie Colvin; a brother, Penn Colvin of Chester; and his grandmother, Mrs. J.S. Colvin of Chester.
Note:
There's a cenotaph for Jake at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, South Carolina.
KIA
Army Air Forces, 730th Bomber Squadron, 452nd Bomber Group
Son of Jake Stone and Bernice Elizabeth Barr Colvin.
CHESTER - First Lieut. Jake Stone Colvin Jr., who was reported missing in action since February 19, 1944, over Germany, was killed on that date according to a message from the navigator of his flying fortress.
Lieut. Allen E. Johnson, the navigator, in a letter to Lieutenant Colvin's parents, County Treasurer Jake S. Colvin, Sr., and Mrs. Colvin, said that the crew of 10 had just finished dropping their bomb load over Brunswick when flak came in the open door of the fortress and made a terrific explosion. He wrote that he looked forward in the fortress and saw the pilot, Lieutenant Colvin and his co-pilot slumped over in their seats, dead. The plane burst into flames, and six crew members parachuted safely to the ground.
One other man in the plane from South Carolina was a Sergeant Clayton of Spartanburg, who is still listed missing.
News of Lieutenant Colvin's death caused widespread sorrow in Chester, where he was well known and liked. He trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., Douglas, Ga., Greenwood, Lawrenceville, Ill. and Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the Chester ARP church.
He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Miss Bernice Colvin, senior at Erskine College and Miss Jessie Colvin; a brother, Penn Colvin of Chester; and his grandmother, Mrs. J.S. Colvin of Chester.
Note:
There's a cenotaph for Jake at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, South Carolina.
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