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Article, The Oklahoman, May 25, 1943, pg 2:
--Youth Missing in Montana Flight--
Lt James Jerome Highley, son of Mrs Thomas Highley, 2118 NW 17th St, is missing following a routine flight of his Flying Fortress from its base in Lewistown, Montana, Army official notified his family on Monday afternoon.
No details of the flight or how long his plane was overdue were given in the wire, but members of the family said Monday night, Lt Highley planned to call his mother by telephone at 11 pm Sunday and she had not received the call.
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2nd Lieutenant Highley was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood
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Article, The Oklahoman, May 25, 1943, pg 2:
--Youth Missing in Montana Flight--
Lt James Jerome Highley, son of Mrs Thomas Highley, 2118 NW 17th St, is missing following a routine flight of his Flying Fortress from its base in Lewistown, Montana, Army official notified his family on Monday afternoon.
No details of the flight or how long his plane was overdue were given in the wire, but members of the family said Monday night, Lt Highley planned to call his mother by telephone at 11 pm Sunday and she had not received the call.
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2nd Lieutenant Highley was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood
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Article, The Oklahoman, May 25, 1943, pg 2:
--Youth Missing in Montana Flight--
Lt James Jerome Highley, son of Mrs Thomas Highley, 2118 NW 17th St, is missing following a routine flight of his Flying Fortress from its base in Lewistown, Montana, Army official notified his family on Monday afternoon.
No details of the flight or how long his plane was overdue were given in the wire, but members of the family said Monday night, Lt Highley planned to call his mother by telephone at 11 pm Sunday and she had not received the call.
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2nd Lieutenant Highley was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood
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Article, The Oklahoman, May 25, 1943, pg 2:
--Youth Missing in Montana Flight--
Lt James Jerome Highley, son of Mrs Thomas Highley, 2118 NW 17th St, is missing following a routine flight of his Flying Fortress from its base in Lewistown, Montana, Army official notified his family on Monday afternoon.
No details of the flight or how long his plane was overdue were given in the wire, but members of the family said Monday night, Lt Highley planned to call his mother by telephone at 11 pm Sunday and she had not received the call.
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2nd Lieutenant Highley was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood
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