Smokejumper Obituary: Brafford, Walter George (McCall 1949)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Walter,88, was born July 17, 1927, in Corbin, Kentucky. He was a smokejumper at McCall, Idaho, during the summers of 1949, 1954, and 1955 and had 26 fire jumps in addition to his training jumps. Walt was a pilot for Trans-World Airways for 30 years. In retirement he lived in Tucson and Marana, Arizona. His date of death was sometime before 2015.

Identifier

Brafford_Walter-George_McCall_1949

Publication Date

June 2020

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Brafford, Walter George (McCall 1949)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 484.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/484