TRAINING SQUADRON, DYERSBURG ARMY
AIRFIELD, TENNESSEE
Died at the Dyersburg Army Airfield base
hospital from injuries received from the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6032 on
November 12, 1944, three miles north of
Halls, Tennessee.
Eight crew members died from the accident:
(pilot survived).
2nd Lt. Walter S Bardwell
2nd Lt. Michael F Egan
Cpl. Donald Bestelmeyer
Cpl. James T Ellis, III
Cpl. Samuel B Hall
Cpl. Frederick L Needles
Cpl. Howard B Rayford
Buried next to Cpl. Robert B Hess, presumably his uncle.
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Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 37572998.
TRAINING SQUADRON, DYERSBURG ARMY
AIRFIELD, TENNESSEE
Died at the Dyersburg Army Airfield base
hospital from injuries received from the crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6032 on
November 12, 1944, three miles north of
Halls, Tennessee.
Eight crew members died from the accident:
(pilot survived).
2nd Lt. Walter S Bardwell
2nd Lt. Michael F Egan
Cpl. Donald Bestelmeyer
Cpl. James T Ellis, III
Cpl. Samuel B Hall
Cpl. Frederick L Needles
Cpl. Howard B Rayford
Buried next to Cpl. Robert B Hess, presumably his uncle.
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Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 37572998.
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