Second Lieutenant Shannon was a Bombardier aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#41-11826, serving with the 375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group from Pueblo Army Airfield.
He was killed as a result of a mid-air collision with another B-24 while on a training flight, southeast of La Junta, Colorado.
Six other service members killed were:
1st Lt. Gerald Smetts, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles T Bowen, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Adam C Thompson, Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles S Meisenheimer, Radio operator
Sgt. Victor H McGregor, Engineer
Sgt. James H Cooney, Tail gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-728515.
#41-11826, serving with the 375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group from Pueblo Army Airfield.
He was killed as a result of a mid-air collision with another B-24 while on a training flight, southeast of La Junta, Colorado.
Six other service members killed were:
1st Lt. Gerald Smetts, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles T Bowen, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Adam C Thompson, Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles S Meisenheimer, Radio operator
Sgt. Victor H McGregor, Engineer
Sgt. James H Cooney, Tail gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-728515.
Second Lieutenant Shannon was a Bombardier aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#41-11826, serving with the 375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group from Pueblo Army Airfield.
He was killed as a result of a mid-air collision with another B-24 while on a training flight, southeast of La Junta, Colorado.
Six other service members killed were:
1st Lt. Gerald Smetts, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles T Bowen, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Adam C Thompson, Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles S Meisenheimer, Radio operator
Sgt. Victor H McGregor, Engineer
Sgt. James H Cooney, Tail gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-728515.
#41-11826, serving with the 375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group from Pueblo Army Airfield.
He was killed as a result of a mid-air collision with another B-24 while on a training flight, southeast of La Junta, Colorado.
Six other service members killed were:
1st Lt. Gerald Smetts, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles T Bowen, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Adam C Thompson, Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles S Meisenheimer, Radio operator
Sgt. Victor H McGregor, Engineer
Sgt. James H Cooney, Tail gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-728515.
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2LT, 375 AAF BOMB SQ, 308 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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