2nd LT 1305 A AF BASE Unit - WWII
Funeral services for Second Lieutenant Fred A. Crawford, 22, whose parents live on East Fourth street road on Seymour R2, will be conducted at 9 o'clock Friday morning from the St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Irvin T. Mattingly, pastor, in charge. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct military services.
The funeral party will arrive Wednesday afternoon and friends may call at the home on East Fourth street road after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night at the home.
Lt. Crawford was killed in Burma June, 11, 1944 when the C-47 transport he was piloting went down while searching for the plane of a friend who was missing in action. His friend, who along with Lt. Crawford, had been selected as one of the six best pilots in that area, had been missing since May 25.
The local youth had been flying eight and 10 hours a day in India and China for a year before his death, flying supplies on the Burma route to the fighting Chinese soldiers and had been anticipating a leave that would have permitted his return to the United States.
The son of Earl M. and Julia E. Polash Crawford was born December 30, 1921 in Crotherville and had moved to Seymour with his family in 1926. He was graduated from the St. Ambrose School and received his diploma from Shields High School in 1939. After graduating, he attended Butler University, Indianapolis and at the same time worked in the Allison Corporation there.
Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in October, 1941, he began training May 17, 1942 at Santa Ana, California. He later received primary training at Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California and took basic training at Merced, California in September 1942. He received his advanced training, his silver wings and his second lieutenant's commission at Luke Field Army Advanced Flying School, Phoenix, Ariz., graduating with the class of 43-B February 6, 1943. He was then given six weeks of extra training and was in the army ferry transport service between Chicago and Denver for three months before going overseas.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Baurley of Seymour and Mrs. Mary Helen Keen of Indianapolis, four nephews and four nieces.
Seymour Daily Tribune
January 14, 1949
Funeral services for Second Lieutenant Fred A. Crawford, 22, whose parents live on East Fourth street road on Seymour R2, will be conducted at 9 o'clock Friday morning from the St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Irvin T. Mattingly, pastor, in charge. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct military services.
The funeral party will arrive Wednesday afternoon and friends may call at the home on East Fourth street road after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night at the home.
Lt. Crawford was killed in Burma June, 11, 1944 when the C-47 transport he was piloting went down while searching for the plane of a friend who was missing in action. His friend, who along with Lt. Crawford, had been selected as one of the six best pilots in that area, had been missing since May 25.
The local youth had been flying eight and 10 hours a day in India and China for a year before his death, flying supplies on the Burma route to the fighting Chinese soldiers and had been anticipating a leave that would have permitted his return to the United States.
The son of Earl M. and Julia E. Polash Crawford was born December 30, 1921 in Crotherville and had moved to Seymour with his family in 1926. He was graduated from the St. Ambrose School and received his diploma from Shields High School in 1939. After graduating, he attended Butler University, Indianapolis and at the same time worked in the Allison Corporation there.
Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in October, 1941, he began training May 17, 1942 at Santa Ana, California. He later received primary training at Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California and took basic training at Merced, California in September 1942. He received his advanced training, his silver wings and his second lieutenant's commission at Luke Field Army Advanced Flying School, Phoenix, Ariz., graduating with the class of 43-B February 6, 1943. He was then given six weeks of extra training and was in the army ferry transport service between Chicago and Denver for three months before going overseas.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Baurley of Seymour and Mrs. Mary Helen Keen of Indianapolis, four nephews and four nieces.
Seymour Daily Tribune
January 14, 1949
2nd LT 1305 A AF BASE Unit - WWII
Funeral services for Second Lieutenant Fred A. Crawford, 22, whose parents live on East Fourth street road on Seymour R2, will be conducted at 9 o'clock Friday morning from the St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Irvin T. Mattingly, pastor, in charge. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct military services.
The funeral party will arrive Wednesday afternoon and friends may call at the home on East Fourth street road after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night at the home.
Lt. Crawford was killed in Burma June, 11, 1944 when the C-47 transport he was piloting went down while searching for the plane of a friend who was missing in action. His friend, who along with Lt. Crawford, had been selected as one of the six best pilots in that area, had been missing since May 25.
The local youth had been flying eight and 10 hours a day in India and China for a year before his death, flying supplies on the Burma route to the fighting Chinese soldiers and had been anticipating a leave that would have permitted his return to the United States.
The son of Earl M. and Julia E. Polash Crawford was born December 30, 1921 in Crotherville and had moved to Seymour with his family in 1926. He was graduated from the St. Ambrose School and received his diploma from Shields High School in 1939. After graduating, he attended Butler University, Indianapolis and at the same time worked in the Allison Corporation there.
Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in October, 1941, he began training May 17, 1942 at Santa Ana, California. He later received primary training at Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California and took basic training at Merced, California in September 1942. He received his advanced training, his silver wings and his second lieutenant's commission at Luke Field Army Advanced Flying School, Phoenix, Ariz., graduating with the class of 43-B February 6, 1943. He was then given six weeks of extra training and was in the army ferry transport service between Chicago and Denver for three months before going overseas.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Baurley of Seymour and Mrs. Mary Helen Keen of Indianapolis, four nephews and four nieces.
Seymour Daily Tribune
January 14, 1949
Funeral services for Second Lieutenant Fred A. Crawford, 22, whose parents live on East Fourth street road on Seymour R2, will be conducted at 9 o'clock Friday morning from the St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Irvin T. Mattingly, pastor, in charge. Burial in the Catholic Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct military services.
The funeral party will arrive Wednesday afternoon and friends may call at the home on East Fourth street road after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night at the home.
Lt. Crawford was killed in Burma June, 11, 1944 when the C-47 transport he was piloting went down while searching for the plane of a friend who was missing in action. His friend, who along with Lt. Crawford, had been selected as one of the six best pilots in that area, had been missing since May 25.
The local youth had been flying eight and 10 hours a day in India and China for a year before his death, flying supplies on the Burma route to the fighting Chinese soldiers and had been anticipating a leave that would have permitted his return to the United States.
The son of Earl M. and Julia E. Polash Crawford was born December 30, 1921 in Crotherville and had moved to Seymour with his family in 1926. He was graduated from the St. Ambrose School and received his diploma from Shields High School in 1939. After graduating, he attended Butler University, Indianapolis and at the same time worked in the Allison Corporation there.
Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in October, 1941, he began training May 17, 1942 at Santa Ana, California. He later received primary training at Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare, California and took basic training at Merced, California in September 1942. He received his advanced training, his silver wings and his second lieutenant's commission at Luke Field Army Advanced Flying School, Phoenix, Ariz., graduating with the class of 43-B February 6, 1943. He was then given six weeks of extra training and was in the army ferry transport service between Chicago and Denver for three months before going overseas.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Baurley of Seymour and Mrs. Mary Helen Keen of Indianapolis, four nephews and four nieces.
Seymour Daily Tribune
January 14, 1949
