Corporal Kochan was a Flight Engineer aboard
RB-24E Liberator #41-28413. Killed in a
weather-related crash near Merna, Nebraska,
while on a flight leg from Chicago to Denver.
Nine other Army personnel also perished:
Capt. Virgil D Anderson
Capt. Stanley M Foster
2nd Lt. Frank L Brown
2nd Lt. Warren C Karas
2nd Lt. Charles F Piel
Flt. Off. Rollin E Ryburn
S/Sgt. Eugene D Rydstedt
Pvt. Edward J Jacobs
Pvt. Bruno C Oskar
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Corporal Kochan was a Flight Engineer aboard
RB-24E Liberator #41-28413. Killed in a
weather-related crash near Merna, Nebraska,
while on a flight leg from Chicago to Denver.
Nine other Army personnel also perished:
Capt. Virgil D Anderson
Capt. Stanley M Foster
2nd Lt. Frank L Brown
2nd Lt. Warren C Karas
2nd Lt. Charles F Piel
Flt. Off. Rollin E Ryburn
S/Sgt. Eugene D Rydstedt
Pvt. Edward J Jacobs
Pvt. Bruno C Oskar
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Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois; ASN 36398487
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