LT COL USAAF WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
WWII-
7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group
Pacific Theatre of Operations
4th Air Force, 399th Bomb Group, 605th Bomb Squadron, March Field AAB, CA
He was the son of Seymour Lamb Mendenhall and Lula Crandall of Springville, Utah.
As the Co-Pilot, he survived the crash landing of B-24J #42-73390 which was forced during a training mission at March Field CA, 1 February 1944. There were six survivors and four fatalities. The crew members were~
Lt Arthur Fitzpatrick, Command Pilot, ASN O-797501
Lt Keith S Mendenhall, CoPilot, ASN O-886147
Lt Fritz Barkan, Jr, Navigator, ASN O-678665*
Sgt Samuel W Hawthorne, Flight Engineer, ASN O-13110996*
Lt Robert E Cook, Pilot, ASN O-757100
Lt Roy F Flatt, Jr, Pilot, ASN O-756210
Lt Harold W Gully, Pilot, ASN O-756222
Lt William A Prange, Pilot, ASN O-764441*
Lt Edwin V Rawley, Navigator, ASN O-701300
Lt Wesley E Sory, Navigator, ASN O-701392*
*Fatality
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During wartime in the Pacific, he was awarded a special commendation by Major General Robert W Douglass, Jr, Commander of the 7th Air Force, 'for his part in the campaigns which have taken a large section of the Pacific from the enemy.'
WWII-
7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group
Pacific Theatre of Operations
4th Air Force, 399th Bomb Group, 605th Bomb Squadron, March Field AAB, CA
He was the son of Seymour Lamb Mendenhall and Lula Crandall of Springville, Utah.
As the Co-Pilot, he survived the crash landing of B-24J #42-73390 which was forced during a training mission at March Field CA, 1 February 1944. There were six survivors and four fatalities. The crew members were~
Lt Arthur Fitzpatrick, Command Pilot, ASN O-797501
Lt Keith S Mendenhall, CoPilot, ASN O-886147
Lt Fritz Barkan, Jr, Navigator, ASN O-678665*
Sgt Samuel W Hawthorne, Flight Engineer, ASN O-13110996*
Lt Robert E Cook, Pilot, ASN O-757100
Lt Roy F Flatt, Jr, Pilot, ASN O-756210
Lt Harold W Gully, Pilot, ASN O-756222
Lt William A Prange, Pilot, ASN O-764441*
Lt Edwin V Rawley, Navigator, ASN O-701300
Lt Wesley E Sory, Navigator, ASN O-701392*
*Fatality
-----
During wartime in the Pacific, he was awarded a special commendation by Major General Robert W Douglass, Jr, Commander of the 7th Air Force, 'for his part in the campaigns which have taken a large section of the Pacific from the enemy.'
LT COL USAAF WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
WWII-
7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group
Pacific Theatre of Operations
4th Air Force, 399th Bomb Group, 605th Bomb Squadron, March Field AAB, CA
He was the son of Seymour Lamb Mendenhall and Lula Crandall of Springville, Utah.
As the Co-Pilot, he survived the crash landing of B-24J #42-73390 which was forced during a training mission at March Field CA, 1 February 1944. There were six survivors and four fatalities. The crew members were~
Lt Arthur Fitzpatrick, Command Pilot, ASN O-797501
Lt Keith S Mendenhall, CoPilot, ASN O-886147
Lt Fritz Barkan, Jr, Navigator, ASN O-678665*
Sgt Samuel W Hawthorne, Flight Engineer, ASN O-13110996*
Lt Robert E Cook, Pilot, ASN O-757100
Lt Roy F Flatt, Jr, Pilot, ASN O-756210
Lt Harold W Gully, Pilot, ASN O-756222
Lt William A Prange, Pilot, ASN O-764441*
Lt Edwin V Rawley, Navigator, ASN O-701300
Lt Wesley E Sory, Navigator, ASN O-701392*
*Fatality
-----
During wartime in the Pacific, he was awarded a special commendation by Major General Robert W Douglass, Jr, Commander of the 7th Air Force, 'for his part in the campaigns which have taken a large section of the Pacific from the enemy.'
WWII-
7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group
Pacific Theatre of Operations
4th Air Force, 399th Bomb Group, 605th Bomb Squadron, March Field AAB, CA
He was the son of Seymour Lamb Mendenhall and Lula Crandall of Springville, Utah.
As the Co-Pilot, he survived the crash landing of B-24J #42-73390 which was forced during a training mission at March Field CA, 1 February 1944. There were six survivors and four fatalities. The crew members were~
Lt Arthur Fitzpatrick, Command Pilot, ASN O-797501
Lt Keith S Mendenhall, CoPilot, ASN O-886147
Lt Fritz Barkan, Jr, Navigator, ASN O-678665*
Sgt Samuel W Hawthorne, Flight Engineer, ASN O-13110996*
Lt Robert E Cook, Pilot, ASN O-757100
Lt Roy F Flatt, Jr, Pilot, ASN O-756210
Lt Harold W Gully, Pilot, ASN O-756222
Lt William A Prange, Pilot, ASN O-764441*
Lt Edwin V Rawley, Navigator, ASN O-701300
Lt Wesley E Sory, Navigator, ASN O-701392*
*Fatality
-----
During wartime in the Pacific, he was awarded a special commendation by Major General Robert W Douglass, Jr, Commander of the 7th Air Force, 'for his part in the campaigns which have taken a large section of the Pacific from the enemy.'
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