SERGEANT, 511 AAF BOMB SQ, 351 BOMB GP, WORLD WAR II
Perished when B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38080 collided with B-17 #43-37595 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a bombing mission over Europe.
All ten crewmember aboard were killed:
1st Lt. Edward R Ashton, O-806032, FL, Pilot
Flt. Off. George Y Bowman, T-062947, CT, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald A Cornell, O2064528, NE, Navigator
2nd Lt. John F McNeill, O-782949, SC, Bombardier
T/Sgt. James S Allman, 18136207, AR, Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John C Connelly, 35585041, IN, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Bruce S Cook, 33344598, PA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. John P Folks Jr, 38391623, LA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. John Y Nelson, 39215872, WA, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Harold R Wieland, 32985509, NY, Waist Gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: 32985509.
Enlisted at New York City, NY, July 16, 1943.
Perished when B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38080 collided with B-17 #43-37595 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a bombing mission over Europe.
All ten crewmember aboard were killed:
1st Lt. Edward R Ashton, O-806032, FL, Pilot
Flt. Off. George Y Bowman, T-062947, CT, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald A Cornell, O2064528, NE, Navigator
2nd Lt. John F McNeill, O-782949, SC, Bombardier
T/Sgt. James S Allman, 18136207, AR, Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John C Connelly, 35585041, IN, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Bruce S Cook, 33344598, PA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. John P Folks Jr, 38391623, LA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. John Y Nelson, 39215872, WA, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Harold R Wieland, 32985509, NY, Waist Gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: 32985509.
Enlisted at New York City, NY, July 16, 1943.
SERGEANT, 511 AAF BOMB SQ, 351 BOMB GP, WORLD WAR II
Perished when B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38080 collided with B-17 #43-37595 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a bombing mission over Europe.
All ten crewmember aboard were killed:
1st Lt. Edward R Ashton, O-806032, FL, Pilot
Flt. Off. George Y Bowman, T-062947, CT, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald A Cornell, O2064528, NE, Navigator
2nd Lt. John F McNeill, O-782949, SC, Bombardier
T/Sgt. James S Allman, 18136207, AR, Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John C Connelly, 35585041, IN, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Bruce S Cook, 33344598, PA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. John P Folks Jr, 38391623, LA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. John Y Nelson, 39215872, WA, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Harold R Wieland, 32985509, NY, Waist Gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: 32985509.
Enlisted at New York City, NY, July 16, 1943.
Perished when B-17G Flying Fortress #43-38080 collided with B-17 #43-37595 over Lutton, on approach to Polebrook, England, while returning from a bombing mission over Europe.
All ten crewmember aboard were killed:
1st Lt. Edward R Ashton, O-806032, FL, Pilot
Flt. Off. George Y Bowman, T-062947, CT, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald A Cornell, O2064528, NE, Navigator
2nd Lt. John F McNeill, O-782949, SC, Bombardier
T/Sgt. James S Allman, 18136207, AR, Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John C Connelly, 35585041, IN, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Bruce S Cook, 33344598, PA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. John P Folks Jr, 38391623, LA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. John Y Nelson, 39215872, WA, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Harold R Wieland, 32985509, NY, Waist Gunner
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: 32985509.
Enlisted at New York City, NY, July 16, 1943.
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SGT, 511 AAF BOMB SQ, 351 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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