54th ARS honors late boom operator
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Smith, 54th Air Refueling Squadron superintendent, presents Luella Klaverkamp, mother of late KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, Airman 1st Class Bruce Klaverkamp, a boom operator coin with Bruce’s boom number on it at Wings of Freedom Park, March 3, 2013. Bruce died in a plane crash, March 13, 1972, during a routine training mission at Carswell AFB, Texas. Klaverkamp and her daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Jeff Pollreis, made an 18-hour drive from Clear Water, Minnesota to Altus AFB to visit the Boom Memorial where Bruce’s name is etched in stone, a testament to his service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Klynne Pearl Serrano / Released)
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