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2LT Joseph Bernard Connaughton Jr.

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2LT Joseph Bernard Connaughton Jr.

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Jun 1945 (aged 22)
Occidental Mindoro Province, MIMAROPA, Philippines
Burial
West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Range 19, Lot 15, Grave 1
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Killed in service, piloting B-24J Liberator
#42-110115 "Drunkard's Dream." 5th Air Force

Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San
Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the
aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre
and on a mission to strike Balikpapan fortifications
on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

All eleven aboard were killed, including:

2nd Lt. Henry L Ostapowski
2nd Lt. Edward I Plotkin
2nd Lt. Jay W Swan
T/Sgt Smith M Abbott
T/Sgt. Gerald H Altig
S/Sgt. George P Adams
S/Sgt. Lonnie L Albert
S/Sgt. Henry F Bain, Jr
S/Sgt. Joseph C Barb
S/Sgt. Harry D Rollins
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania; Service ID: O-806189.
Killed in service, piloting B-24J Liberator
#42-110115 "Drunkard's Dream." 5th Air Force

Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San
Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the
aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre
and on a mission to strike Balikpapan fortifications
on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

All eleven aboard were killed, including:

2nd Lt. Henry L Ostapowski
2nd Lt. Edward I Plotkin
2nd Lt. Jay W Swan
T/Sgt Smith M Abbott
T/Sgt. Gerald H Altig
S/Sgt. George P Adams
S/Sgt. Lonnie L Albert
S/Sgt. Henry F Bain, Jr
S/Sgt. Joseph C Barb
S/Sgt. Harry D Rollins
~
Entered the service from Pennsylvania; Service ID: O-806189.

Inscription

2LT, 531 AAF BOMB SQ, 380 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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