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2LT Arthur Henry Thompson

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2LT Arthur Henry Thompson

Birth
Delia, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Death
2 Jan 1944 (aged 26)
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
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Delia, Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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2nd Lieutenant Thompson was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.

During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.

All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.

Killed aboard were:

Capt. Frederick M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck
2nd Lieutenant Thompson was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.

During a flight from McChord Air Field in
Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber
experienced structural failures due to severe
icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan
Field in Sacramento before it could make an
emergency landing.

All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.

Killed aboard were:

Capt. Frederick M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
2nd Lt. Frank J Baker
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck

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2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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