World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Stuart Chapin Godfrey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Milford, Massachusetts
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
In 1945 he was Commander of Geiger Air Field near Spokane, Washington. He had directed the construction of airfields in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations for use by B-29 Superfortress bombers on raids against Japan prior to assuming command at Geiger Field. He was returning from a conference at Fort Hamilton in San Francisco on October 19, 1945, when his plane crashed into a small hill six miles from Geiger Field. Received the Army Distinguished Medal and Legion of Merit (2 Awards).