The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Isaac E. Bonifas
Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
April 9, 1951
Major Bonifas was a passenger on a C-47D Skytrain transport with the 123rd Maintenance Squadron, 123rd Fighter Bomber Wing stationed at Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky. On April 8, 1951, the aircraft was enroute from Godman to Kanawha County Airport, Charleston, West Virginia when it crashed about eight miles northeast of Kanawha Airport, killing all twenty one Air Force personnel aboard. He died the following day.