The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Melvin L. Flowers
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
December 20, 1952
Staff Sergeant Flowers was a member of the 7th Troop Carrier Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Group, 62nd Troop Carrier Wing. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.