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| Lt. Joseph Baugh was killed when the AT-11 he was flying was in a midair collision with another plane near Roswell, New Mexico. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116197097/joseph-franklin-baugh https://www.airplanesofthepast.com/at11-kansan.htm |
Joseph Franklin Baugh never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on December 26, 1919 in Danville, Virginia. His parents Joseph and Maggie were also both born in Virginia. His father worked as a locomotive fireman. Joseph did not have any siblings. By 1940 Joseph had completed four years of high school where he was recognized as the most valuable player on the football team. He was still living with his parents and worked as a deliveryman. At some point he married Edna Barber.
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces eleven days after Pearl Harbor. He graduated from Advanced Flying School in August 1942. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant.
On November 11, 1943, Lt. Baugh's AT-11 Kansan, a bombing trainer plane, was involved in a midair collision with another AT-11 near Roswell, New Mexico. Aside from Lt. Baugh, four other airmen were killed. He left behind a one month old daughter.
His grave is at Highland Burial Park in Danville, Virginia. I don't know what happened to his widow.
Last year on this date I profiled Bataan Death March survivor and POW Eber Boden. You can read about Eber here.
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