The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Claude Playforth
Rank
Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
July 31, 1952
Aviation Electronics Man Airman Playforth was a crew member of a PBM-5S patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 731, U.S. Navy. On July 31, 1952, his aircraft was on routine patrol over the Yellow Sea when it was attacked by Chinese fighters and crashed.