Information provided by contributor Vindicator
12 May 1943
33rd Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) 5th Air Force
C-47-DL 41-18651
En route from Dobodura to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Aircraft crashed in the Owen Stanley Range, possibly in the region of Kokoda; cause was bad weather. All on board were killed.
Crew:
Pilot - 1st Lt Walter B Thompson
Co-Pilot - T-185797 Flt Off. Robert P Ranges
Flight Eng. - 17002832 T/Sgt Darrell D Loy
Radio Op. - T/Sgt Willis Cheek
Asst. Radio Op. - 15102603 Sgt Elwood H Wolfsberger
See:
Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII: Volume Two - 1943 Year of Expansion and Consolidation.
Kelly, Robert H.
n.p.,:Author,2006.
pp.51, 67, 71 & 400
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Lincoln County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
Info from Eric Ackerman
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name:Darrell D Loy
Birth Year:1918
Race:White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:Kansas
State:Kansas
County or City:Lincoln
Enlistment Date:11 Feb 1941
Enlistment State:Kansas
Enlistment City:Fort Riley
Branch:Air Corps
Branch Code:Air Corps
Grade:Private
Grade Code:Private
Component:Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source:Civil Life
Education:4 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:70
Weight:160
12 May 1943
33rd Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) 5th Air Force
C-47-DL 41-18651
En route from Dobodura to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Aircraft crashed in the Owen Stanley Range, possibly in the region of Kokoda; cause was bad weather. All on board were killed.
Crew:
Pilot - 1st Lt Walter B Thompson
Co-Pilot - T-185797 Flt Off. Robert P Ranges
Flight Eng. - 17002832 T/Sgt Darrell D Loy
Radio Op. - T/Sgt Willis Cheek
Asst. Radio Op. - 15102603 Sgt Elwood H Wolfsberger
See:
Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII: Volume Two - 1943 Year of Expansion and Consolidation.
Kelly, Robert H.
n.p.,:Author,2006.
pp.51, 67, 71 & 400
---------
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Lincoln County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
Info from Eric Ackerman
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name:Darrell D Loy
Birth Year:1918
Race:White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:Kansas
State:Kansas
County or City:Lincoln
Enlistment Date:11 Feb 1941
Enlistment State:Kansas
Enlistment City:Fort Riley
Branch:Air Corps
Branch Code:Air Corps
Grade:Private
Grade Code:Private
Component:Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source:Civil Life
Education:4 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:70
Weight:160
Information provided by contributor Vindicator
12 May 1943
33rd Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) 5th Air Force
C-47-DL 41-18651
En route from Dobodura to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Aircraft crashed in the Owen Stanley Range, possibly in the region of Kokoda; cause was bad weather. All on board were killed.
Crew:
Pilot - 1st Lt Walter B Thompson
Co-Pilot - T-185797 Flt Off. Robert P Ranges
Flight Eng. - 17002832 T/Sgt Darrell D Loy
Radio Op. - T/Sgt Willis Cheek
Asst. Radio Op. - 15102603 Sgt Elwood H Wolfsberger
See:
Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII: Volume Two - 1943 Year of Expansion and Consolidation.
Kelly, Robert H.
n.p.,:Author,2006.
pp.51, 67, 71 & 400
---------
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Lincoln County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
Info from Eric Ackerman
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name:Darrell D Loy
Birth Year:1918
Race:White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:Kansas
State:Kansas
County or City:Lincoln
Enlistment Date:11 Feb 1941
Enlistment State:Kansas
Enlistment City:Fort Riley
Branch:Air Corps
Branch Code:Air Corps
Grade:Private
Grade Code:Private
Component:Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source:Civil Life
Education:4 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:70
Weight:160
12 May 1943
33rd Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) 5th Air Force
C-47-DL 41-18651
En route from Dobodura to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Aircraft crashed in the Owen Stanley Range, possibly in the region of Kokoda; cause was bad weather. All on board were killed.
Crew:
Pilot - 1st Lt Walter B Thompson
Co-Pilot - T-185797 Flt Off. Robert P Ranges
Flight Eng. - 17002832 T/Sgt Darrell D Loy
Radio Op. - T/Sgt Willis Cheek
Asst. Radio Op. - 15102603 Sgt Elwood H Wolfsberger
See:
Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII: Volume Two - 1943 Year of Expansion and Consolidation.
Kelly, Robert H.
n.p.,:Author,2006.
pp.51, 67, 71 & 400
---------
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Lincoln County, Kansas...Killed In Action.
Info from Eric Ackerman
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name:Darrell D Loy
Birth Year:1918
Race:White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:Kansas
State:Kansas
County or City:Lincoln
Enlistment Date:11 Feb 1941
Enlistment State:Kansas
Enlistment City:Fort Riley
Branch:Air Corps
Branch Code:Air Corps
Grade:Private
Grade Code:Private
Component:Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source:Civil Life
Education:4 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:70
Weight:160
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