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Lt Col Edward Flanick

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Lt Col Edward Flanick

Birth
Weirton, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA
Death
5 Mar 1942 (aged 33)
At Sea
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Add to Map
Memorial ID
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LT COL, 96 AAF BOMB SQ, 2 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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One of eight Army men lost at sea in a crash,
while piloting Y1B-17 Flying Fortress #36-153
over the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras,
North Carolina, while on anti-submarine patrol
from Langley Field (Virginia).

The men lost aboard were:

LT COL Edward Flanick, Pilot
1LT James H Miller
2LT Robert L Garrison
MSGT Ellsworth W Aitken
SGT Arthur L Becker
SGT Steve J Chohrach
CPL Draper Hoyt
PFC Robert R McIntyre
~
Entered the service from Summit County, Ohio; Service ID: O-019457.
LT COL, 96 AAF BOMB SQ, 2 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
~
One of eight Army men lost at sea in a crash,
while piloting Y1B-17 Flying Fortress #36-153
over the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras,
North Carolina, while on anti-submarine patrol
from Langley Field (Virginia).

The men lost aboard were:

LT COL Edward Flanick, Pilot
1LT James H Miller
2LT Robert L Garrison
MSGT Ellsworth W Aitken
SGT Arthur L Becker
SGT Steve J Chohrach
CPL Draper Hoyt
PFC Robert R McIntyre
~
Entered the service from Summit County, Ohio; Service ID: O-019457.

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