Former members of the Cordelia Fire District stand with Robert Dittmer, right, 102 years old, in front of a 1944 Seagrave fire engine at Travis Air Force Base, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Dittmer served as a firefighter during the August 1950 crash of a B-29 Superfortress at what was then Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base. Brig. Gen. Robert Travis, commander of the 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing and the 9th Bombardment Wing, was on board and did not survive. Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base was officially renamed Travis Air Force Base on October 20th, 1950 in honor of the base's fallen commander
Former members of the Cordelia Fire District stand with Robert Dittmer, right, 102 years old, in front of a 1944 Seagrave fire engine at Travis Air Force Base, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Dittmer served as a firefighter during the August 1950 crash of a B-29 Superfortress at what was then Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base. Brig. Gen. Robert Travis, commander of the 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing and the 9th Bombardment Wing, was on board and did not survive. Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base was officially renamed Travis Air Force Base on October 20th, 1950 in honor of the base's fallen commander.
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