Funafuti Atoll
PB2Y-3R Coronado Bu No. 7233 NATS
PLANE CASUALTIES LISTED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, (U.P.)
Nineteen persons were listed by the Navy
today as missing or dead in the Pacific
theater plane crash which cost the life
of Rear Admiral Charles P Cecil,
ninth flag officer to be killed in this war.
The plane, a Naval transport, operated under
contract by Pan-American Airways, crashed in
a take-off from an undisclosed Pacific base.
No other details have been disclosed.
[Funafuti Atol, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands]
Naval personnel (14) killed on this flight:
Barton, William A ~ LCDR, TX
Beggs, Lloyd S ~ LCDR, WA
Bruner, Harold T ~ LT, PA
Cecil, Charles P ~ RADM, KY
Doyle, James Q ~ Lt, MA
Eley, Francis L ~ CDR, CA
Gentry, James N ~ LTJG, Pilot, GA
Gideon, Delbert L ~ LTJG, OK
Gifford, Walter S, Jr ~ Lt, NY
Hamilton, Edward A ~ AMM2, IL
Lund, Loyd ~ AMM1c, NJ
Newcomb, Leland L ~ LTJG, WI
Sickel, Horatio G, IV ~ Capt, MD
Roberts, Jack D ~ Lt, CA
~
Army personnel (3) killed on this flight:
Beaver, Chester M ~ LTC, SD
Brown, Robert S ~ LTC, OH
Doughty, Walter C ~ LTC, TX
~
Civilian crew (5) killed on this flight:
Bell, Walter H ~ Radioman, CA
Hilbish, Byron W ~ Second Officer, CA
Morgan, Howard W ~ First Officer, AR
Obri, Norman F ~ Third Officer, CA
Palman, Edward F ~ Second Engineer, ME
~
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Funafuti Atoll
PB2Y-3R Coronado Bu No. 7233 NATS
PLANE CASUALTIES LISTED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, (U.P.)
Nineteen persons were listed by the Navy
today as missing or dead in the Pacific
theater plane crash which cost the life
of Rear Admiral Charles P Cecil,
ninth flag officer to be killed in this war.
The plane, a Naval transport, operated under
contract by Pan-American Airways, crashed in
a take-off from an undisclosed Pacific base.
No other details have been disclosed.
[Funafuti Atol, Tuvalu, Gilbert Islands]
Naval personnel (14) killed on this flight:
Barton, William A ~ LCDR, TX
Beggs, Lloyd S ~ LCDR, WA
Bruner, Harold T ~ LT, PA
Cecil, Charles P ~ RADM, KY
Doyle, James Q ~ Lt, MA
Eley, Francis L ~ CDR, CA
Gentry, James N ~ LTJG, Pilot, GA
Gideon, Delbert L ~ LTJG, OK
Gifford, Walter S, Jr ~ Lt, NY
Hamilton, Edward A ~ AMM2, IL
Lund, Loyd ~ AMM1c, NJ
Newcomb, Leland L ~ LTJG, WI
Sickel, Horatio G, IV ~ Capt, MD
Roberts, Jack D ~ Lt, CA
~
Army personnel (3) killed on this flight:
Beaver, Chester M ~ LTC, SD
Brown, Robert S ~ LTC, OH
Doughty, Walter C ~ LTC, TX
~
Civilian crew (5) killed on this flight:
Bell, Walter H ~ Radioman, CA
Hilbish, Byron W ~ Second Officer, CA
Morgan, Howard W ~ First Officer, AR
Obri, Norman F ~ Third Officer, CA
Palman, Edward F ~ Second Engineer, ME
~
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