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CPL Edward J Strainer

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CPL Edward J Strainer

Birth
Death
18 Nov 1944 (aged 21–22)
Manatee County, Florida, USA
Burial
East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Corporal Strainer served with the 326th
Combat Crew Training Squadron at MacDill
Army Airfield, Tampa, Florida.

He was one of nine airmen killed in a crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6197, twelve
miles southwest of a location described as
Green Springs, in Manatee County, Florida.

The air crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Lawrence S Scofield, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Farlan L Spencer, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Lowell E Smith
2nd Lt. Alonza L Winder
Cpl. Adrian W Armour
Cpl. Lynn H McClurg
Cpl. Gene Sine
Cpl. Edward J Strainer
Cpl. John F Brady
Corporal Strainer served with the 326th
Combat Crew Training Squadron at MacDill
Army Airfield, Tampa, Florida.

He was one of nine airmen killed in a crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6197, twelve
miles southwest of a location described as
Green Springs, in Manatee County, Florida.

The air crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Lawrence S Scofield, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Farlan L Spencer, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Lowell E Smith
2nd Lt. Alonza L Winder
Cpl. Adrian W Armour
Cpl. Lynn H McClurg
Cpl. Gene Sine
Cpl. Edward J Strainer
Cpl. John F Brady

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