Lester Clotiaux served with the Army Air Force at Foster Field, Texas.
On August 9, 1945, the Foster Field Falcons traveled to Childress Army Air Base in Texas for a ballgame. The Falcons won that contest and five of the players - Chester V Seipp, Lester Clotiaux, Duard Lawson, Harold Phillips and Pete Zarrilla, along with pilot Second Lieutenant Peter R. Davis - flew back to Foster Field in a twin-engined airplane. On the return journey the plane crashed near Smiley, Texas and burst into flames. Lester Clotiaux and the other five men on board were all killed. Army Service No. (ASN): 38207972
Sources Annapolis Capital, August 16, 1945
On August 9, 1945, the Foster Field Falcons traveled to Childress Army Air Base in Texas for a ballgame. The Falcons won that contest and five of the players - Chester V Seipp, Lester Clotiaux, Duard Lawson, Harold Phillips and Pete Zarrilla, along with pilot Second Lieutenant Peter R. Davis - flew back to Foster Field in a twin-engined airplane. On the return journey the plane crashed near Smiley, Texas and burst into flames. Lester Clotiaux and the other five men on board were all killed. Army Service No. (ASN): 38207972
Sources Annapolis Capital, August 16, 1945
Lester Clotiaux served with the Army Air Force at Foster Field, Texas.
On August 9, 1945, the Foster Field Falcons traveled to Childress Army Air Base in Texas for a ballgame. The Falcons won that contest and five of the players - Chester V Seipp, Lester Clotiaux, Duard Lawson, Harold Phillips and Pete Zarrilla, along with pilot Second Lieutenant Peter R. Davis - flew back to Foster Field in a twin-engined airplane. On the return journey the plane crashed near Smiley, Texas and burst into flames. Lester Clotiaux and the other five men on board were all killed. Army Service No. (ASN): 38207972
Sources Annapolis Capital, August 16, 1945
On August 9, 1945, the Foster Field Falcons traveled to Childress Army Air Base in Texas for a ballgame. The Falcons won that contest and five of the players - Chester V Seipp, Lester Clotiaux, Duard Lawson, Harold Phillips and Pete Zarrilla, along with pilot Second Lieutenant Peter R. Davis - flew back to Foster Field in a twin-engined airplane. On the return journey the plane crashed near Smiley, Texas and burst into flames. Lester Clotiaux and the other five men on board were all killed. Army Service No. (ASN): 38207972
Sources Annapolis Capital, August 16, 1945
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