Corporal Mullavey was one of eighteen Army personnel killed (6 crew, 12 passengers) when B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5791, nicknamed "Ruthless," of the 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron, struck a hill, two miles southwest of Newmarket, Wales, United Kingdom.
The bomber had departed for an "R&R" flight to Scotland.
Flying through heavy cloud cover and in freezing fog, the navigator relied on maps, and when the pilot thought they had reached the coast, descended out of the clouds but they were off course by four miles and still over mountainous terrain.
Service members who perished were (Crew):
Alden R Witt
William J Gaffney
Alan S Grant
Howard J Leddy
Kingsley F Spitzer
Wendell Verbulecz
(Passengers):
Arvid S Dahl
Louis S Green
Louis G Reno
Robert N Moon
Roy D Baughman
Dewey J Cox
Raymond A Loija
Harry A Shade
Eugene Downey
James W Leithead
Linuc C Thomas
Andrew J Mullavey
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Entered the service from West Virginia. ASN 15077925
Enlisted at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1942.
The bomber had departed for an "R&R" flight to Scotland.
Flying through heavy cloud cover and in freezing fog, the navigator relied on maps, and when the pilot thought they had reached the coast, descended out of the clouds but they were off course by four miles and still over mountainous terrain.
Service members who perished were (Crew):
Alden R Witt
William J Gaffney
Alan S Grant
Howard J Leddy
Kingsley F Spitzer
Wendell Verbulecz
(Passengers):
Arvid S Dahl
Louis S Green
Louis G Reno
Robert N Moon
Roy D Baughman
Dewey J Cox
Raymond A Loija
Harry A Shade
Eugene Downey
James W Leithead
Linuc C Thomas
Andrew J Mullavey
~
Entered the service from West Virginia. ASN 15077925
Enlisted at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1942.
Corporal Mullavey was one of eighteen Army personnel killed (6 crew, 12 passengers) when B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5791, nicknamed "Ruthless," of the 95th Bomb Group, 334th Bomb Squadron, struck a hill, two miles southwest of Newmarket, Wales, United Kingdom.
The bomber had departed for an "R&R" flight to Scotland.
Flying through heavy cloud cover and in freezing fog, the navigator relied on maps, and when the pilot thought they had reached the coast, descended out of the clouds but they were off course by four miles and still over mountainous terrain.
Service members who perished were (Crew):
Alden R Witt
William J Gaffney
Alan S Grant
Howard J Leddy
Kingsley F Spitzer
Wendell Verbulecz
(Passengers):
Arvid S Dahl
Louis S Green
Louis G Reno
Robert N Moon
Roy D Baughman
Dewey J Cox
Raymond A Loija
Harry A Shade
Eugene Downey
James W Leithead
Linuc C Thomas
Andrew J Mullavey
~
Entered the service from West Virginia. ASN 15077925
Enlisted at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1942.
The bomber had departed for an "R&R" flight to Scotland.
Flying through heavy cloud cover and in freezing fog, the navigator relied on maps, and when the pilot thought they had reached the coast, descended out of the clouds but they were off course by four miles and still over mountainous terrain.
Service members who perished were (Crew):
Alden R Witt
William J Gaffney
Alan S Grant
Howard J Leddy
Kingsley F Spitzer
Wendell Verbulecz
(Passengers):
Arvid S Dahl
Louis S Green
Louis G Reno
Robert N Moon
Roy D Baughman
Dewey J Cox
Raymond A Loija
Harry A Shade
Eugene Downey
James W Leithead
Linuc C Thomas
Andrew J Mullavey
~
Entered the service from West Virginia. ASN 15077925
Enlisted at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1942.
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