Died along with 22 other men when two Flying Fortresses collided and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on September 10th 1943. Body was never recovered.
Killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6031 collided mid air with B-17F #42-4621 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria, Louisiana, Army Airfield. Twenty-one other Army service members also perished.
Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:
Capt. Henry A Lewis
1Lt. Robert H Smith
2Lt. Paul Bradnan
2Lt. George J Long
2Lt. Alva W Redding
2Lt. Oscar L Koegel
2Lt. Oscar A. Bennett
2Lt. James J Palack
2Lt. Stevenson A Williams
SSgt. John E Linam
Sgt. John F Arrillaga
Sgt. Joe T Barron
Sgt. Howard J Code
Sgt. William B Culp
Sgt. John T Loften
Sgt. Jack L Stewart
Sgt. William P Pine
Sgt. Reinhold Kubarth
Sgt. William W Volkmer
Sgt. Richard E Royer
Sgt. Billie J Smith
Sgt. Charles L Findley
Died along with 22 other men when two Flying Fortresses collided and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on September 10th 1943. Body was never recovered.
Killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6031 collided mid air with B-17F #42-4621 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria, Louisiana, Army Airfield. Twenty-one other Army service members also perished.
Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico:
Capt. Henry A Lewis
1Lt. Robert H Smith
2Lt. Paul Bradnan
2Lt. George J Long
2Lt. Alva W Redding
2Lt. Oscar L Koegel
2Lt. Oscar A. Bennett
2Lt. James J Palack
2Lt. Stevenson A Williams
SSgt. John E Linam
Sgt. John F Arrillaga
Sgt. Joe T Barron
Sgt. Howard J Code
Sgt. William B Culp
Sgt. John T Loften
Sgt. Jack L Stewart
Sgt. William P Pine
Sgt. Reinhold Kubarth
Sgt. William W Volkmer
Sgt. Richard E Royer
Sgt. Billie J Smith
Sgt. Charles L Findley
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