The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William B. Crutchfield
Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
January 13, 1953
Major Crutchfield was a passenger on a B-50 jet bomber with the 328th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Wing, based at Castle Air Force Base, California. On January 13, 1953, while on a training mission the plane crashed near Gridley, California killing ten crew members.