Pilot with the 431st Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in World War II. Shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire aboard B-24D Liberator #42-41257 moments after releasing bombs over target of the eastern beaches of Wake Island.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
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Entered the service from Indiana; Gibson County; Service ID: O-412119.
Enlisted at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, September 7, 1940.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
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Entered the service from Indiana; Gibson County; Service ID: O-412119.
Enlisted at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, September 7, 1940.
Pilot with the 431st Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in World War II. Shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire aboard B-24D Liberator #42-41257 moments after releasing bombs over target of the eastern beaches of Wake Island.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
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Entered the service from Indiana; Gibson County; Service ID: O-412119.
Enlisted at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, September 7, 1940.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
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Entered the service from Indiana; Gibson County; Service ID: O-412119.
Enlisted at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, September 7, 1940.
Inscription
1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Burial July 15, 1954.
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