Technical Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29903
"High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M. Doolittle, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29903
"High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M. Doolittle, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
Technical Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29903
"High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M. Doolittle, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29903
"High Tension II" in World War II.
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission
from Italy to bomb shipping targets at
Toulon, France. The B-17 was seen to go
down into the Mediterranean Sea off the
Côte d'Azur. Although six parachutes were
observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors
were recovered and the 10-man crew were
declared Missing In Action.
Killed In Action were:
1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M. Doolittle, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner
Bio by: Tim Cook
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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