Show I Burke Braithwaite Dies In Plane Crash I i v v Sf r rF ri i F rs r r ri i f s r C ti art ti t- t t I I Corporal Burke T. T Braithwaite son of Mr and Mrs Charles G GI Braithwaite was killed in action I June 18 1945 when the plane In which he was a radio operator- operator gunner plunged in the sea off the Philippine Islands The plane took off at a.m. a.m. a. a m m. m from Its base rose to an altitude altitude altitude alti alti- tude of feet then plummeted Into the sea The plane exploded on impact Three members of the crew survived with serious Injury Burke is 22 years of age and enlisted in the Army Army Reserve Sep Sep- September September September 1942 and went on duty April 5 G 1943 when the Reserve Reserve Reserve Re Re- serve was called up He received his training at Fresno California Alva Oaklahoma Oakla- Oakla homa horna Sious Falls South Dakota I I and March Field California He was serving ser with the AllI AirI Air All I I Force Bomb group as a radio I i operator and gunner and served as radio operator for his squad squad- ron Burke was a graduate of the ManU Manti High School where he served served served ed as student body president in 1941 and attended the tho University of Utah and B. B Y U. U lIe He was an accomplished pianist having j I accompanied the Symphony S Sing Singers ingI ingers Ingers Ing- Ing ers ers and Glee Club at the U. U the I 1 Viking Social Unit at the Y and was the 1941 Gold medal winner at nt the State Fair for this piano work i j Memorial services will be bo held tonight in the ManU Manti Center Centor Ward Chapel I r |