Bernard James Gaffney

Feb 1940: Primary Class 40-G; Dallas Aviation School and Air College at Love Field in Dallas, Texas.

Basic at Randolph Field, and then

Advanced at Kelly Field; (commissioned Second Lieutenant 15 Nov 1940).

MAJ Bernard J Gaffney (1918-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

O-398692 Bernard J. Gaffney (aka: Caffney) Major, Jefferson County, New York

O-806664 Herman E. Grubb 2Lt, Chester County, Pennsylvania

LT Herman E. Grubb (1917-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

Killed in a Take Off Accident (KTOA) B-29 serial #42-6387

870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing

PARENTS: Michael Andrew Gaffney and Mrs. Julia Ann (O'Connor) Gaffney were residents of Watertown, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Gaffney had two sons, that preceded them in death. The first son, Gerald D., died at the Haley street home in 1921 at the age of 15.

The other, Major Bernard J. Gaffney, a pilot in the army air force during World War II, was killed in an accidental crash of a B-29 bomber at the Pratt army air base in Kansas on June 13, 1944. The 26-year-old officer lost his life when the plane in which he was piloting collided with another on the field in a take-off on a combat training flight.

MAJ Bernard J Gaffney (1918-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial