Second Lieutenant, 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, U.S. Air Force.
Killed in service, when B-29A Superfortress #44-84036 crashed on takeoff, due to engine failure, from Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
TWELVE DIE AS BOMBER GOES DOWN.
Tucson, Ariz. -- (AP) -- Twelve of the 20 crew members of a Jamaica-bound B-29 died in the flaming wreckage of the four-engined bomber a few minutes after taking off from Davis-Monthan Field.
The plane crashed last night a few minutes after it had taken off from the Davis-Monthan field on a routine flight to Varam Field, Jamaica. Army air corps investigators were assigned to investigate the cause of the crash.
Long Beach Independent California 1947-12-18
Killed in service, when B-29A Superfortress #44-84036 crashed on takeoff, due to engine failure, from Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
TWELVE DIE AS BOMBER GOES DOWN.
Tucson, Ariz. -- (AP) -- Twelve of the 20 crew members of a Jamaica-bound B-29 died in the flaming wreckage of the four-engined bomber a few minutes after taking off from Davis-Monthan Field.
The plane crashed last night a few minutes after it had taken off from the Davis-Monthan field on a routine flight to Varam Field, Jamaica. Army air corps investigators were assigned to investigate the cause of the crash.
Long Beach Independent California 1947-12-18
Second Lieutenant, 49th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, U.S. Air Force.
Killed in service, when B-29A Superfortress #44-84036 crashed on takeoff, due to engine failure, from Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
TWELVE DIE AS BOMBER GOES DOWN.
Tucson, Ariz. -- (AP) -- Twelve of the 20 crew members of a Jamaica-bound B-29 died in the flaming wreckage of the four-engined bomber a few minutes after taking off from Davis-Monthan Field.
The plane crashed last night a few minutes after it had taken off from the Davis-Monthan field on a routine flight to Varam Field, Jamaica. Army air corps investigators were assigned to investigate the cause of the crash.
Long Beach Independent California 1947-12-18
Killed in service, when B-29A Superfortress #44-84036 crashed on takeoff, due to engine failure, from Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
TWELVE DIE AS BOMBER GOES DOWN.
Tucson, Ariz. -- (AP) -- Twelve of the 20 crew members of a Jamaica-bound B-29 died in the flaming wreckage of the four-engined bomber a few minutes after taking off from Davis-Monthan Field.
The plane crashed last night a few minutes after it had taken off from the Davis-Monthan field on a routine flight to Varam Field, Jamaica. Army air corps investigators were assigned to investigate the cause of the crash.
Long Beach Independent California 1947-12-18
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