Killed aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97197
when the plane crashed at the end of the
runway and exploded at the Lucera Airdrome,
Italy, returning from a local bombing training
flight.
All aboard were killed, including:
Major Columbus E Griffin, Jr, pilot
1st Lt. Donald J Rinke
2nd Lt. Frank E Ziebarth
M/Sgt. Blaine C Van Valin
T/Sgt. Ambrosio Chavez, Jr
T/Sgt. Clifford S Haythorn
and
Flying Officer, RAF, Robert Alwyn Anderson
when the plane crashed at the end of the
runway and exploded at the Lucera Airdrome,
Italy, returning from a local bombing training
flight.
All aboard were killed, including:
Major Columbus E Griffin, Jr, pilot
1st Lt. Donald J Rinke
2nd Lt. Frank E Ziebarth
M/Sgt. Blaine C Van Valin
T/Sgt. Ambrosio Chavez, Jr
T/Sgt. Clifford S Haythorn
and
Flying Officer, RAF, Robert Alwyn Anderson
Killed aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97197
when the plane crashed at the end of the
runway and exploded at the Lucera Airdrome,
Italy, returning from a local bombing training
flight.
All aboard were killed, including:
Major Columbus E Griffin, Jr, pilot
1st Lt. Donald J Rinke
2nd Lt. Frank E Ziebarth
M/Sgt. Blaine C Van Valin
T/Sgt. Ambrosio Chavez, Jr
T/Sgt. Clifford S Haythorn
and
Flying Officer, RAF, Robert Alwyn Anderson
when the plane crashed at the end of the
runway and exploded at the Lucera Airdrome,
Italy, returning from a local bombing training
flight.
All aboard were killed, including:
Major Columbus E Griffin, Jr, pilot
1st Lt. Donald J Rinke
2nd Lt. Frank E Ziebarth
M/Sgt. Blaine C Van Valin
T/Sgt. Ambrosio Chavez, Jr
T/Sgt. Clifford S Haythorn
and
Flying Officer, RAF, Robert Alwyn Anderson
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