Second Lieutenant Phillips was the co-pilot
of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#42-72862, serving with the 421st Base Unit
from Muroc Army Airfield (now Edwards Air
Force Base), California.
During a gunnery and formation training
flight at 20,000 feet over Death Valley, his
bomber collided with B-24J #42-78522, which was piloted by
2nd Lt. Ernest Jack Chapman and
both aircraft fell to earth, crashing west of
Furnace Creek, killing seventeen airmen.
There was only one survivor.
The other airmen aboard Phillip's ship:
2nd Lt. Samuel B Johnson , pilot
Cpl. Carroll B Ball , gunner
Cpl. Edgar A Peloquin , engineer
Cpl. Kenneth D Towns , radio operator
PFC Ellis B Crowley , gunner
PFC Donald E Hickok , gunner
PFC Robert T Thomas , engineer
*****
of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#42-72862, serving with the 421st Base Unit
from Muroc Army Airfield (now Edwards Air
Force Base), California.
During a gunnery and formation training
flight at 20,000 feet over Death Valley, his
bomber collided with B-24J #42-78522, which was piloted by
2nd Lt. Ernest Jack Chapman and
both aircraft fell to earth, crashing west of
Furnace Creek, killing seventeen airmen.
There was only one survivor.
The other airmen aboard Phillip's ship:
2nd Lt. Samuel B Johnson , pilot
Cpl. Carroll B Ball , gunner
Cpl. Edgar A Peloquin , engineer
Cpl. Kenneth D Towns , radio operator
PFC Ellis B Crowley , gunner
PFC Donald E Hickok , gunner
PFC Robert T Thomas , engineer
*****
Second Lieutenant Phillips was the co-pilot
of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#42-72862, serving with the 421st Base Unit
from Muroc Army Airfield (now Edwards Air
Force Base), California.
During a gunnery and formation training
flight at 20,000 feet over Death Valley, his
bomber collided with B-24J #42-78522, which was piloted by
2nd Lt. Ernest Jack Chapman and
both aircraft fell to earth, crashing west of
Furnace Creek, killing seventeen airmen.
There was only one survivor.
The other airmen aboard Phillip's ship:
2nd Lt. Samuel B Johnson , pilot
Cpl. Carroll B Ball , gunner
Cpl. Edgar A Peloquin , engineer
Cpl. Kenneth D Towns , radio operator
PFC Ellis B Crowley , gunner
PFC Donald E Hickok , gunner
PFC Robert T Thomas , engineer
*****
of U.S. Army Air Corps B-24D Liberator
#42-72862, serving with the 421st Base Unit
from Muroc Army Airfield (now Edwards Air
Force Base), California.
During a gunnery and formation training
flight at 20,000 feet over Death Valley, his
bomber collided with B-24J #42-78522, which was piloted by
2nd Lt. Ernest Jack Chapman and
both aircraft fell to earth, crashing west of
Furnace Creek, killing seventeen airmen.
There was only one survivor.
The other airmen aboard Phillip's ship:
2nd Lt. Samuel B Johnson , pilot
Cpl. Carroll B Ball , gunner
Cpl. Edgar A Peloquin , engineer
Cpl. Kenneth D Towns , radio operator
PFC Ellis B Crowley , gunner
PFC Donald E Hickok , gunner
PFC Robert T Thomas , engineer
*****
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Oregon; Wheeler County; ASN O-772485
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