Vietnam War Veteran Captain Randolph Cramer, U.S. Air Force, 31, died when the C-47 (Skytrain) transport plane he was flying crashed near Ramstein, Germany.
Before serving in the Air Force, Randolph attended University of Maryland College Park where he was a brother of the Maryland Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) Fraternity, and graduated with the Class of 1960.
Randolph flew more than 1,300 missions in Vietnam, and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism during a mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, when he took off from the base during the attack thereby saving his transport craft and the lives of his crew.
You can pay respect to Brother Cramer & nearly 300 SigEp Patriots at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
On 3 April 1969, the 7th Air Commando Squadron experienced the loss of one of its two C-47 aircraft and its crew. Major Paul C. Jones was the instructor pilot, Captain Randolph S Cramer was the co-pilot and Staff Sergeant Donald J. Bissell was the flight engineer. The aircraft was on an instrument training flight and had departed Sembach Air Base, West Germany for nearby Ramstein Air Base when the accident occurred. The vertical stabilizer on the C-47 had collapsed, thus putting the aircraft into a condition from which the crew could not recover.
(Note: I was stationed with 7th ACS at the time of the C-47 accident and attended the crew's memorial service. Bucky Hydal)
Vietnam War Veteran Captain Randolph Cramer, U.S. Air Force, 31, died when the C-47 (Skytrain) transport plane he was flying crashed near Ramstein, Germany.
Before serving in the Air Force, Randolph attended University of Maryland College Park where he was a brother of the Maryland Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) Fraternity, and graduated with the Class of 1960.
Randolph flew more than 1,300 missions in Vietnam, and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism during a mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, when he took off from the base during the attack thereby saving his transport craft and the lives of his crew.
You can pay respect to Brother Cramer & nearly 300 SigEp Patriots at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
On 3 April 1969, the 7th Air Commando Squadron experienced the loss of one of its two C-47 aircraft and its crew. Major Paul C. Jones was the instructor pilot, Captain Randolph S Cramer was the co-pilot and Staff Sergeant Donald J. Bissell was the flight engineer. The aircraft was on an instrument training flight and had departed Sembach Air Base, West Germany for nearby Ramstein Air Base when the accident occurred. The vertical stabilizer on the C-47 had collapsed, thus putting the aircraft into a condition from which the crew could not recover.
(Note: I was stationed with 7th ACS at the time of the C-47 accident and attended the crew's memorial service. Bucky Hydal)
