Lowell Adair Wheaton, Jr. was born on January 21, 1923 in Galveston, Texas. He was a crew member on one of the supply planes carrying airplane engines and other parts to Burtonwood Air Base in England for maintenance, when his plane, C-54 #45-554, crashed into a hillside in England on a foggy, misty day in January 1949. The crash, caused by navigation interference from a nearby radio tower, occurred 15 miles northeast of Blackpool, England on January 7, 1949. 1LT Wheaton was killed in the crash and is now buried in the Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA.
Crew of the C-54 #45-5543:
CPT William A. Rathgeber
PVT Ronald E. Stone
CPL Norbert H. Theis
SGT Bernard J. Watkins
1LT Lowell A. Wheaton, Jr.
1LT Richard M. Wurgel
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Wheaton Lowell Adair, Jr.
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Lowell Adair, Jr. Wheaton
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First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
AO 677 371
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Date of Death:
1949-01-07
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Texas
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