Hayman, Joseph H.
Navy Aviation machinist’s mate 3

Joseph H. Hayman, age 21, from Rye, New York, Westchester county.

Parents: Eva Hayman, preceded in death

Service era: World War II
Schools: Port Chester High

Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1942
Death details: Killed when the Consolidated “Catalina” PBY-5a seaplane, returning from 12.5 hours of patrolling the waters around Hawaii for enemy forces, crashed trying to land in bad weather.

Source: National Archives, Hawaii Museum of Flying, The Daily Item (1942)