2nd Lt. Chaffin was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator # 41-24224. He was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside seventeen miles South-East of Tobe, Colorado while on a navigational training mission out of the Pueblo Army Airfield. Nine other Airmen also perished.
The air-crew members were:
2nd Lt. William W Chaffin, Pilot
2nd Lt. Guy H Conger
2nd Lt. Walter Elnitsky
2nd Lt. Theodore V Skrypiec
Cpl. Richard C Carroll
Cpl. Paul H Evers
Cpl. Charles M Harris
Cpl. Joseph E Klopfer
Cpl. Donald G Schwarzwalder
Cpl. Eugene B Wehling
Above researched by Tim Cook.
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From the Athens Review, July 6, 1944:
Second Lt. William W. Chaffin, son of Mr. & Mrs. George Chaffin of Poynor, is one of ten crew members who lost their lives last week-end in the crash of a B-24 bomber.
The bomber, based at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colorado, crashed Thursday morning fifty-five miles East of Trinidad, Colorado. Army Officials were investigating the crash Saturday, according to the last report.
Lt. Chaffin visted his parents during a short leave last January. At the time he was being transferred to the Fort Worth Air Field for a period of nine weeks to fly the Army's four-engine B-24 Liberator.
Funeral services for Lt. Chaffin were held Wednesday July 5 at 3 o'clock at the Poynor Baptist Church with the pastor officiating.
Burial was in the Poynor cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Lt. G.C. Chaffin Jr., Army Air Corps; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Fuselier, Culver City, California and Miss Marge Chaffin, Poynor.
Middle, nick names provided by James Durham # 46994633.
The air-crew members were:
2nd Lt. William W Chaffin, Pilot
2nd Lt. Guy H Conger
2nd Lt. Walter Elnitsky
2nd Lt. Theodore V Skrypiec
Cpl. Richard C Carroll
Cpl. Paul H Evers
Cpl. Charles M Harris
Cpl. Joseph E Klopfer
Cpl. Donald G Schwarzwalder
Cpl. Eugene B Wehling
Above researched by Tim Cook.
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From the Athens Review, July 6, 1944:
Second Lt. William W. Chaffin, son of Mr. & Mrs. George Chaffin of Poynor, is one of ten crew members who lost their lives last week-end in the crash of a B-24 bomber.
The bomber, based at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colorado, crashed Thursday morning fifty-five miles East of Trinidad, Colorado. Army Officials were investigating the crash Saturday, according to the last report.
Lt. Chaffin visted his parents during a short leave last January. At the time he was being transferred to the Fort Worth Air Field for a period of nine weeks to fly the Army's four-engine B-24 Liberator.
Funeral services for Lt. Chaffin were held Wednesday July 5 at 3 o'clock at the Poynor Baptist Church with the pastor officiating.
Burial was in the Poynor cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Lt. G.C. Chaffin Jr., Army Air Corps; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Fuselier, Culver City, California and Miss Marge Chaffin, Poynor.
Middle, nick names provided by James Durham # 46994633.
2nd Lt. Chaffin was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator # 41-24224. He was killed when the bomber struck a mountainside seventeen miles South-East of Tobe, Colorado while on a navigational training mission out of the Pueblo Army Airfield. Nine other Airmen also perished.
The air-crew members were:
2nd Lt. William W Chaffin, Pilot
2nd Lt. Guy H Conger
2nd Lt. Walter Elnitsky
2nd Lt. Theodore V Skrypiec
Cpl. Richard C Carroll
Cpl. Paul H Evers
Cpl. Charles M Harris
Cpl. Joseph E Klopfer
Cpl. Donald G Schwarzwalder
Cpl. Eugene B Wehling
Above researched by Tim Cook.
~
From the Athens Review, July 6, 1944:
Second Lt. William W. Chaffin, son of Mr. & Mrs. George Chaffin of Poynor, is one of ten crew members who lost their lives last week-end in the crash of a B-24 bomber.
The bomber, based at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colorado, crashed Thursday morning fifty-five miles East of Trinidad, Colorado. Army Officials were investigating the crash Saturday, according to the last report.
Lt. Chaffin visted his parents during a short leave last January. At the time he was being transferred to the Fort Worth Air Field for a period of nine weeks to fly the Army's four-engine B-24 Liberator.
Funeral services for Lt. Chaffin were held Wednesday July 5 at 3 o'clock at the Poynor Baptist Church with the pastor officiating.
Burial was in the Poynor cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Lt. G.C. Chaffin Jr., Army Air Corps; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Fuselier, Culver City, California and Miss Marge Chaffin, Poynor.
Middle, nick names provided by James Durham # 46994633.
The air-crew members were:
2nd Lt. William W Chaffin, Pilot
2nd Lt. Guy H Conger
2nd Lt. Walter Elnitsky
2nd Lt. Theodore V Skrypiec
Cpl. Richard C Carroll
Cpl. Paul H Evers
Cpl. Charles M Harris
Cpl. Joseph E Klopfer
Cpl. Donald G Schwarzwalder
Cpl. Eugene B Wehling
Above researched by Tim Cook.
~
From the Athens Review, July 6, 1944:
Second Lt. William W. Chaffin, son of Mr. & Mrs. George Chaffin of Poynor, is one of ten crew members who lost their lives last week-end in the crash of a B-24 bomber.
The bomber, based at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colorado, crashed Thursday morning fifty-five miles East of Trinidad, Colorado. Army Officials were investigating the crash Saturday, according to the last report.
Lt. Chaffin visted his parents during a short leave last January. At the time he was being transferred to the Fort Worth Air Field for a period of nine weeks to fly the Army's four-engine B-24 Liberator.
Funeral services for Lt. Chaffin were held Wednesday July 5 at 3 o'clock at the Poynor Baptist Church with the pastor officiating.
Burial was in the Poynor cemetery.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Lt. G.C. Chaffin Jr., Army Air Corps; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Fuselier, Culver City, California and Miss Marge Chaffin, Poynor.
Middle, nick names provided by James Durham # 46994633.
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