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DC-3/C-49H - 42-38254 (ex-PAA NC18117) - ID of two DNB
On 19 April 1942 impressed PAA DC-3 NC18117 (USAAF C-49H 42-38254) of Ferry Command (Africa) had a take off accident at Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Airforcehistoryindex.org gives the following names of (all) killed on board (DNB): KAEHLER, WILLIAM; YOUNG, HENRY; EDWARDS, DONALD A.; RICHARDSON, JESSE W.; ARNOLD, JOHN C.; CASPER, ALBERT J.; CHAMBERS, EDWIN L.; DEMAREST, THOMAS; EMBERTON, GARVIN; FARMER, WILLIAM L.; GREEN, REXFORD L.; JONES, JAMES N.; MCKEON, JOHN; MCNABB, WALTER A.; SANATORE, ANDREW; WALKOWIAK, THEODORE; CLENDENIN, PAUL; DEVILBISS, JOHN J.; DOERRMAN, CLARENCE; GOUCH, HARVEY; HOLTSAPPLE, FRANK W.; OCHS, ROBERT A.; TAKABIK, JOHN Passengers were US Army (staff) sergeants, mainly engineers, quartermasters and ordnance corps. Could trace all names, but still am at a loss regarding Richardson, Jesse W. and Takabik, John. Names spelled (or spelt if you like) correctly? FYI: Young, Henry = Henry N. Young III, a PAA pilot; Sanatore should be read as Senatore; Holtsapple should be read as Holtzapple; Jones, James E. should be read as Jones, James N. Pilot William Kaehler was from Indiana, not sure if he was military. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: DC-3/C-49H - 42-38254 (ex-PAA NC18117) - ID of two DNB
Kaehler was a Captain in the Army Air Forces.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3284795 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5370...mpa-bay-times/ (Article mentions Kaehler was "on loan" to Pan Am.) Here is a John Yakubik, died 19 April, 1942. Buried in North Africa https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/yakubik=john De Vilbiss is also buried there: https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/de-vilbiss%3Djon In fact, ten of the men you listed are buried there. No Richardson, however. https://www.abmc.gov/database-search..._last_name_ASC YOUNG was Henry Newton Young, III. He was trained as a PAN AM pilot and may have been the copilot for this flight. Last edited by RSwank; 19th June 2020 at 13:05. |
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Re: DC-3/C-49H - 42-38254 (ex-PAA NC18117) - ID of two DNB
Thanks, Rolland, for finding John Yakubik and providing further info.
Jesse W. Richardson stays elusive, perhaps also PAA background and being listed among first four men, a possible crew member. Regards, Leendert |
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