Robert William Turnbull, Sr.

Significant Duty Stations

• US Army 1943 - December 1946

Notes

Born; Canton, Ohio. Received Masters Degree from Georgia Tech in 1940. Captain Turnbull was aboard a C-124 Globemaster that crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from McCord Air Force Base, Washington. There were 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board. Search parties were unable to locate and recover any of the service members because of adverse weather conditions at the time of the crash. Then on June 9, 2012, an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew spotted aircraft wreckage while conducting a training mission in Alaska. Sixty-one years have passed since the airplane crash and Captain Turnbull, along with sixteen other service members, have been recovered and returned to their family. Funeral services for Captain Robert William Turnbull were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014, with full military honors. Captain Turnbull was laid to rest alongside his wife, Doris Latimer Turnbull who died November 12, 1956. Burial; Barnetts Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Thomas County, Georgia.