Sergeant LeFebvre was a Radar Operator and one of nine airmen aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276 killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29.
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
The other aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
From Detroit, Michigan.
Son of Leo and Mary A. LeFebvre.
~
Entered the service from Michigan.
B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276 killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29.
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
The other aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
From Detroit, Michigan.
Son of Leo and Mary A. LeFebvre.
~
Entered the service from Michigan.
Sergeant LeFebvre was a Radar Operator and one of nine airmen aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276 killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29.
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
The other aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
From Detroit, Michigan.
Son of Leo and Mary A. LeFebvre.
~
Entered the service from Michigan.
B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276 killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29.
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
The other aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
From Detroit, Michigan.
Son of Leo and Mary A. LeFebvre.
~
Entered the service from Michigan.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
