Sergeant Loften perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-4621 collided in mid air with B-17F #42-6031 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles south-east of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana. Twenty-one other Army service members were also killed.
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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
Sergeant Loften perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-4621 collided in mid air with B-17F #42-6031 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles south-east of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana. Twenty-one other Army service members were also killed.
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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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Went down with his plane in the Gulf of Mexico-Buried at sea
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