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Charles Wayne Eley
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
February 2, 1953
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Captain Eley was the aircraft commander of a B-29 Superfortress Bomber with the 352nd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Wing based at Upper Hayford Air Base, England. On February 2, 1953, his aircraft was taking off from Wheelus Field, Tripoli, Libya when it crashed killing fifteen members of the crew. |
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