The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Bransford B. Littleton
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
August 22, 1951
Sergeant Littleton was a passenger on a C-47A Skytrain transport assigned to the 5039th Air Transport Group, 39th Air Transport Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. On August 22,1951 the plane was enroute from Elmendorf AFB to Eielson AFB, Alaska, when it crashed at Summit, Alaska about 145 miles north of Anchorage, killing all nine servicemen on board.