Staff Sergeant, Lonnie L. Albert was a gunner on a B-24J Liberator, (S/N 42-110115) called "Connaughton's Crew (95)", with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". They were assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, based out of Murtha Field, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. On June 18, 1945, their plane failed to get airborne and exploded at the end of the runway. No one survived. They were heading out on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
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Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
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Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
Staff Sergeant, Lonnie L. Albert was a gunner on a B-24J Liberator, (S/N 42-110115) called "Connaughton's Crew (95)", with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". They were assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, based out of Murtha Field, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. On June 18, 1945, their plane failed to get airborne and exploded at the end of the runway. No one survived. They were heading out on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
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Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
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Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
Inscription
SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
After the war their remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 rested there until they were returned in 1948.
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