Staff Sergeant Barsig served with the 561st Bomb
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group from Wendover Field,
Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles
southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
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NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air
Base were killed early yesterday and four
others were injured when a four-motored bomber
in which they were riding crashed two miles
out of Soda Springs, Idaho.
The dead are:
2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD, NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City, Ind.; Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue, St. Louis, MO; Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.; Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street, New York City, New York; Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y;
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at
the Wendover base, announced yesterday that
the plane was on a routine training flight to
Pocatello, Idaho, and that it struck a high
tension wire. Townspeople reported seeing the
bomber circle Soda Springs for an hour and a
half before it hit the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover
and about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said
"everyone in the vicinity knew the plane was in
trouble, as it flew over the town a dozen times,
at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group from Wendover Field,
Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles
southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air
Base were killed early yesterday and four
others were injured when a four-motored bomber
in which they were riding crashed two miles
out of Soda Springs, Idaho.
The dead are:
2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD, NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City, Ind.; Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue, St. Louis, MO; Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.; Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street, New York City, New York; Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y;
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at
the Wendover base, announced yesterday that
the plane was on a routine training flight to
Pocatello, Idaho, and that it struck a high
tension wire. Townspeople reported seeing the
bomber circle Soda Springs for an hour and a
half before it hit the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover
and about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said
"everyone in the vicinity knew the plane was in
trouble, as it flew over the town a dozen times,
at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
Staff Sergeant Barsig served with the 561st Bomb
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group from Wendover Field,
Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles
southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air
Base were killed early yesterday and four
others were injured when a four-motored bomber
in which they were riding crashed two miles
out of Soda Springs, Idaho.
The dead are:
2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD, NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City, Ind.; Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue, St. Louis, MO; Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.; Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street, New York City, New York; Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y;
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at
the Wendover base, announced yesterday that
the plane was on a routine training flight to
Pocatello, Idaho, and that it struck a high
tension wire. Townspeople reported seeing the
bomber circle Soda Springs for an hour and a
half before it hit the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover
and about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said
"everyone in the vicinity knew the plane was in
trouble, as it flew over the town a dozen times,
at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
Squadron, 388th Bomb Group from Wendover Field,
Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles
southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air
Base were killed early yesterday and four
others were injured when a four-motored bomber
in which they were riding crashed two miles
out of Soda Springs, Idaho.
The dead are:
2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD, NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City, Ind.; Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue, St. Louis, MO; Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.; Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street, New York City, New York; Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y;
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at
the Wendover base, announced yesterday that
the plane was on a routine training flight to
Pocatello, Idaho, and that it struck a high
tension wire. Townspeople reported seeing the
bomber circle Soda Springs for an hour and a
half before it hit the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover
and about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said
"everyone in the vicinity knew the plane was in
trouble, as it flew over the town a dozen times,
at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
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