Name:
James A. Vaughan
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
AO 862 809
Unit:
48th Troop Carrier Squadron
Date of Death:
1948-10-18
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Connecticut
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James A. Vaughan was born on June 14, 1921. During the Berlin Airlift, he was a crew member on the C-54 #42-72688 aircraft. On October 18, 1948, the crew was returning to their base in Frankfurt after completing a cargo flight to Berlin. On final approach by night, the four-engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Neu-Isenburg, about six km east of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew of the C-54 #42-72688:
1LT Eugene S. Erickson
CPT James A. Vaughan
SGT Richard Winter
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