Second Lieutenant Whalen served with the 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, as Co-Pilot aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5313. He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
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Enlisted at New York City, March 31, 1942.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
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Enlisted at New York City, March 31, 1942.
Second Lieutenant Whalen served with the 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, as Co-Pilot aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5313. He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
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Enlisted at New York City, March 31, 1942.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
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Enlisted at New York City, March 31, 1942.
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