Corporal Bayless served with the 212th Base
Unit Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall
PFC Earl C Wickman
Henry wrote a letter to Dorothy two hours prior to being killed. See his last letter on the more photos section below.
Unit Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall
PFC Earl C Wickman
Henry wrote a letter to Dorothy two hours prior to being killed. See his last letter on the more photos section below.
Corporal Bayless served with the 212th Base
Unit Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall
PFC Earl C Wickman
Henry wrote a letter to Dorothy two hours prior to being killed. See his last letter on the more photos section below.
Unit Combat Crew Training Squadron,
Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho.
He was one of ten Army airmen killed in a
weather-related crash of B-24J Liberator
#42-99998, two miles northeast of Meridian,
Idaho, during a training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. James L Fisher, pilot
Flt. Off. Edwin D Groce
Flt. Off. Morton S Reiter
Flt Off. John H Sondermann, Jr
Cpl. Burr T Cahill
Cpl. Melvin R Strong
PFC Robert D Brown
PFC Roger E Hall
PFC Earl C Wickman
Henry wrote a letter to Dorothy two hours prior to being killed. See his last letter on the more photos section below.
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