Capt 8th Air Force World War II
Flew P-38s over Normandy during D-Day and later P-51s over Europe and also served as an active duty stateside flight instructor during the Korean Conflict as well.
Killed along with his wife as passengers on United Airlines Flt 629
Interment: November 5, 1955
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COMBAT FLYER (from Lansing State Journal, 20 Nov 1955)
Horace Bradley Bynum, a brilliant young oil company geologist, had known all the horrors of aerial combat in World War II. His 74 combat missions had won him the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven clusters.
But his wife, Carol, an expectant mother, never had flown before they decided to meet his parents in Amarillo, Tex. It was the first vacation for 29-year-old Bynum and his beautiful, vivacious wife who were returning home to Sherwood, Ore., near Portland.
After routine Air Force duty during the Korean war, Brad Bynum had rejected a permanent commission. He told associates military life was "too stifling."
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Flew P-38s over Normandy during D-Day and later P-51s over Europe and also served as an active duty stateside flight instructor during the Korean Conflict as well.
Killed along with his wife as passengers on United Airlines Flt 629
Interment: November 5, 1955
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COMBAT FLYER (from Lansing State Journal, 20 Nov 1955)
Horace Bradley Bynum, a brilliant young oil company geologist, had known all the horrors of aerial combat in World War II. His 74 combat missions had won him the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven clusters.
But his wife, Carol, an expectant mother, never had flown before they decided to meet his parents in Amarillo, Tex. It was the first vacation for 29-year-old Bynum and his beautiful, vivacious wife who were returning home to Sherwood, Ore., near Portland.
After routine Air Force duty during the Korean war, Brad Bynum had rejected a permanent commission. He told associates military life was "too stifling."
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Capt 8th Air Force World War II
Flew P-38s over Normandy during D-Day and later P-51s over Europe and also served as an active duty stateside flight instructor during the Korean Conflict as well.
Killed along with his wife as passengers on United Airlines Flt 629
Interment: November 5, 1955
__________
COMBAT FLYER (from Lansing State Journal, 20 Nov 1955)
Horace Bradley Bynum, a brilliant young oil company geologist, had known all the horrors of aerial combat in World War II. His 74 combat missions had won him the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven clusters.
But his wife, Carol, an expectant mother, never had flown before they decided to meet his parents in Amarillo, Tex. It was the first vacation for 29-year-old Bynum and his beautiful, vivacious wife who were returning home to Sherwood, Ore., near Portland.
After routine Air Force duty during the Korean war, Brad Bynum had rejected a permanent commission. He told associates military life was "too stifling."
__________
Flew P-38s over Normandy during D-Day and later P-51s over Europe and also served as an active duty stateside flight instructor during the Korean Conflict as well.
Killed along with his wife as passengers on United Airlines Flt 629
Interment: November 5, 1955
__________
COMBAT FLYER (from Lansing State Journal, 20 Nov 1955)
Horace Bradley Bynum, a brilliant young oil company geologist, had known all the horrors of aerial combat in World War II. His 74 combat missions had won him the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven clusters.
But his wife, Carol, an expectant mother, never had flown before they decided to meet his parents in Amarillo, Tex. It was the first vacation for 29-year-old Bynum and his beautiful, vivacious wife who were returning home to Sherwood, Ore., near Portland.
After routine Air Force duty during the Korean war, Brad Bynum had rejected a permanent commission. He told associates military life was "too stifling."
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