William Thomas Crawford
Airman First Class
34TH AIR BASE SQDN, 34TH TAC GROUP, 13TH AF
United States Air Force
Windsor, Missouri
May 11, 1932 to May 16, 1965
WILLIAM T CRAWFORD is on the Wall at Panel 1E, Line 117

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William T Crawford

A1C WILLIAM THOMAS CRAWFORD


William T Crawford

A1C WILLIAM THOMAS CRAWFORD

 
23 Mar 2004

REMEMBERED

by his family.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On Sunday, 16 May 1965, a group of B-57B bombers were loaded for a strike mission. At 0815 as the aircrews manned and started their aircraft a 750 pound bomb loaded aboard the lead aircraft detonated. Shrapnel and bits of aircraft hit the other B-57s, causing a chain of explosions along the flight line. By the time ground crews got the conflagration under control, 26 men were dead and numerous aircraft destroyed - 10 B-57Bs, a Navy F-8E, a USAF A-1E, and two VNAF A-1Hs. In addition, 31 other aircraft received greater or lesser degrees of damage.

Airman 1st Class William T. Crawford was one of the 26 dead.


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