The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
R. C. Chase
Rank
Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
March 21, 1952
Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Chase was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 12, based at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. On March 21, 1952, his aircraft spun in after takeoff killing all ten crewmen.