Memorial here.
1st Lieutenant
Navigator on B-24D
330th Bombardment Squadron
93rd Bombardment Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AIR MEDAL w/ 3 OLCs
PURPLE HEART
KILLED IN ACTION
He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator bomber known as the "Celhalopdos" (see photo). On 15 Feb 1943, they flew out of Gambia, Libya, on a mission to bomb harbor facilities in Naples, Italy. Their aircraft was last seen flying low with both inboard engines out. The entire crew of 10 was lost.
[The headstone inscription is wrong as to his final rank and missing decorations.]
1st Lieutenant
Navigator on B-24D
330th Bombardment Squadron
93rd Bombardment Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AIR MEDAL w/ 3 OLCs
PURPLE HEART
KILLED IN ACTION
He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator bomber known as the "Celhalopdos" (see photo). On 15 Feb 1943, they flew out of Gambia, Libya, on a mission to bomb harbor facilities in Naples, Italy. Their aircraft was last seen flying low with both inboard engines out. The entire crew of 10 was lost.
[The headstone inscription is wrong as to his final rank and missing decorations.]
Memorial here.
1st Lieutenant
Navigator on B-24D
330th Bombardment Squadron
93rd Bombardment Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AIR MEDAL w/ 3 OLCs
PURPLE HEART
KILLED IN ACTION
He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator bomber known as the "Celhalopdos" (see photo). On 15 Feb 1943, they flew out of Gambia, Libya, on a mission to bomb harbor facilities in Naples, Italy. Their aircraft was last seen flying low with both inboard engines out. The entire crew of 10 was lost.
[The headstone inscription is wrong as to his final rank and missing decorations.]
1st Lieutenant
Navigator on B-24D
330th Bombardment Squadron
93rd Bombardment Group
US Army Air Forces
WORLD WAR II
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AIR MEDAL w/ 3 OLCs
PURPLE HEART
KILLED IN ACTION
He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator bomber known as the "Celhalopdos" (see photo). On 15 Feb 1943, they flew out of Gambia, Libya, on a mission to bomb harbor facilities in Naples, Italy. Their aircraft was last seen flying low with both inboard engines out. The entire crew of 10 was lost.
[The headstone inscription is wrong as to his final rank and missing decorations.]
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