2nd LT USAAF WWII
308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron
Pilot
He was the son of Virgil Albert McCubbin and Mae Mary Catron. He had two sisters, Helen Gertrude and Doris May. He was married to Betty J Mead McCubbin Mason and together they had a daughter, Michal Ann.
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The Eldon Advertiser, October 30, 1947
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church for
Lt. Troy H. McCubbin, the first of Jefferson City's war dead to be returned from
the Pacific.
Lt. McCubbin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCubbin, former residents of
Miller County. Survivors include his parents, his wife Mrs. Betty J. McCubbin,
and their three-year-old daughter, Michal Ann, of Phoenix, Arizona, and two
sisters, Mrs. A. Marshall Sams, a missionary to Argentine, and Doris McCubbin.
The Lieutenant was a pilot of a B-24 bomber and was killed in action over Kunming, China, July 13, 1944.
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Many thanks to contributor Nancy Arnold Thompson for the family information and newspaper obituary.
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B-24J #42-73305 'Rose of Juarez' 308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron, crashed at the end of the runway at Chengkung upon takeoff on a bombing mission 13 July 1944. After the initial crash, the bombs began to explode. This was the first of two accidents that day on the same runway.
The four that were KIA were~
Pilot 2nd Lt Troy H McCubbin
CoPilot 2nd Lt James J Rutledge
Navigator 2nd Lt Albert O Ades
Flight Engineer SSgt Donald J Sellhorst
The four that were injured severely were~
Bombardier 2nd Lt Thomas E Cannon
Radio Operator SSgt Joseph L "Leo" Melanson
Armorer Sgt Robert R "Tex" Kuntz
Gunner Sgt Roland Sering
308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron
Pilot
He was the son of Virgil Albert McCubbin and Mae Mary Catron. He had two sisters, Helen Gertrude and Doris May. He was married to Betty J Mead McCubbin Mason and together they had a daughter, Michal Ann.
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The Eldon Advertiser, October 30, 1947
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church for
Lt. Troy H. McCubbin, the first of Jefferson City's war dead to be returned from
the Pacific.
Lt. McCubbin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCubbin, former residents of
Miller County. Survivors include his parents, his wife Mrs. Betty J. McCubbin,
and their three-year-old daughter, Michal Ann, of Phoenix, Arizona, and two
sisters, Mrs. A. Marshall Sams, a missionary to Argentine, and Doris McCubbin.
The Lieutenant was a pilot of a B-24 bomber and was killed in action over Kunming, China, July 13, 1944.
-----
Many thanks to contributor Nancy Arnold Thompson for the family information and newspaper obituary.
----------
B-24J #42-73305 'Rose of Juarez' 308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron, crashed at the end of the runway at Chengkung upon takeoff on a bombing mission 13 July 1944. After the initial crash, the bombs began to explode. This was the first of two accidents that day on the same runway.
The four that were KIA were~
Pilot 2nd Lt Troy H McCubbin
CoPilot 2nd Lt James J Rutledge
Navigator 2nd Lt Albert O Ades
Flight Engineer SSgt Donald J Sellhorst
The four that were injured severely were~
Bombardier 2nd Lt Thomas E Cannon
Radio Operator SSgt Joseph L "Leo" Melanson
Armorer Sgt Robert R "Tex" Kuntz
Gunner Sgt Roland Sering
2nd LT USAAF WWII
308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron
Pilot
He was the son of Virgil Albert McCubbin and Mae Mary Catron. He had two sisters, Helen Gertrude and Doris May. He was married to Betty J Mead McCubbin Mason and together they had a daughter, Michal Ann.
----------
The Eldon Advertiser, October 30, 1947
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church for
Lt. Troy H. McCubbin, the first of Jefferson City's war dead to be returned from
the Pacific.
Lt. McCubbin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCubbin, former residents of
Miller County. Survivors include his parents, his wife Mrs. Betty J. McCubbin,
and their three-year-old daughter, Michal Ann, of Phoenix, Arizona, and two
sisters, Mrs. A. Marshall Sams, a missionary to Argentine, and Doris McCubbin.
The Lieutenant was a pilot of a B-24 bomber and was killed in action over Kunming, China, July 13, 1944.
-----
Many thanks to contributor Nancy Arnold Thompson for the family information and newspaper obituary.
----------
B-24J #42-73305 'Rose of Juarez' 308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron, crashed at the end of the runway at Chengkung upon takeoff on a bombing mission 13 July 1944. After the initial crash, the bombs began to explode. This was the first of two accidents that day on the same runway.
The four that were KIA were~
Pilot 2nd Lt Troy H McCubbin
CoPilot 2nd Lt James J Rutledge
Navigator 2nd Lt Albert O Ades
Flight Engineer SSgt Donald J Sellhorst
The four that were injured severely were~
Bombardier 2nd Lt Thomas E Cannon
Radio Operator SSgt Joseph L "Leo" Melanson
Armorer Sgt Robert R "Tex" Kuntz
Gunner Sgt Roland Sering
308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron
Pilot
He was the son of Virgil Albert McCubbin and Mae Mary Catron. He had two sisters, Helen Gertrude and Doris May. He was married to Betty J Mead McCubbin Mason and together they had a daughter, Michal Ann.
----------
The Eldon Advertiser, October 30, 1947
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church for
Lt. Troy H. McCubbin, the first of Jefferson City's war dead to be returned from
the Pacific.
Lt. McCubbin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCubbin, former residents of
Miller County. Survivors include his parents, his wife Mrs. Betty J. McCubbin,
and their three-year-old daughter, Michal Ann, of Phoenix, Arizona, and two
sisters, Mrs. A. Marshall Sams, a missionary to Argentine, and Doris McCubbin.
The Lieutenant was a pilot of a B-24 bomber and was killed in action over Kunming, China, July 13, 1944.
-----
Many thanks to contributor Nancy Arnold Thompson for the family information and newspaper obituary.
----------
B-24J #42-73305 'Rose of Juarez' 308th Bomb Group, 375th Bomb Squadron, crashed at the end of the runway at Chengkung upon takeoff on a bombing mission 13 July 1944. After the initial crash, the bombs began to explode. This was the first of two accidents that day on the same runway.
The four that were KIA were~
Pilot 2nd Lt Troy H McCubbin
CoPilot 2nd Lt James J Rutledge
Navigator 2nd Lt Albert O Ades
Flight Engineer SSgt Donald J Sellhorst
The four that were injured severely were~
Bombardier 2nd Lt Thomas E Cannon
Radio Operator SSgt Joseph L "Leo" Melanson
Armorer Sgt Robert R "Tex" Kuntz
Gunner Sgt Roland Sering
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