Corporal Krohn was a passenger aboard 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.
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:
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. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash
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:
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. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash
Corporal Krohn was a passenger aboard 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.
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:
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. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash
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:
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. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S. Randall, 21, from Lucas County, Ohio;
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Roy D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn 23, from Carlton County, Minnesota;
Pvt. Clifford Tuck, 25, from Grays Harbor County, Wash
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