Killed in the crash of a U.S. Air Force RB-36H reconnaissance bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. The huge airplane was on a low level flight from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when it collided with a ridgetop. Twenty-two other crewmembers also perished, including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth. An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven, was sent to search for the missing bomber. On it's return to it's base the SB-29 crashed into St. George's Bay and the bodies of it's crew were never found.
Reported as resident of Chicago, Illinois.
Reported as resident of Chicago, Illinois.
Killed in the crash of a U.S. Air Force RB-36H reconnaissance bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. The huge airplane was on a low level flight from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when it collided with a ridgetop. Twenty-two other crewmembers also perished, including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth. An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven, was sent to search for the missing bomber. On it's return to it's base the SB-29 crashed into St. George's Bay and the bodies of it's crew were never found.
Reported as resident of Chicago, Illinois.
Reported as resident of Chicago, Illinois.
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1ST LT 28 STRAT RECON WG AF
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