Staff Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Waist 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.
Waist 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
Staff Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.
Waist 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.
Waist 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
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