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2LT Ernest F Pasqua

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2LT Ernest F Pasqua

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26 Feb 1943 (aged 22)
El Paso County, Texas, USA
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Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Section 40, Block B, Plot 68, Grv1
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Second Lieutenant Pasqua was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F
Flying Fortress #42-29528 at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, while taking off on a nighttime formation training flight.

The crewmembers killed were:

Flt. Off. Charles G Novak, T-000347, WI, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. James W Bishop, O-735971, IL, Navigator
2LT Ernest F. Pasqua, O-734496, NY, Bombardier
Sgt. Victor A Berreth, 19067469, CA, Flight Engineer
Sgt. Adelbert J Burke, 11031324, RI, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Joseph P Baucom, 34037333, NC, Gunner
Sgt. Woodrow W Erwin, 38180654, OK, Asst. Radio Operator
Sgt. Robert M Parchman, 16097075, IL, Gunner
S/Sgt. Melvin P Simms, 35468492, WV, Asst. Engineer
Sgt. Howard T Speak, 6583351, CA, Passenger
Second Lieutenant Pasqua was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F
Flying Fortress #42-29528 at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, while taking off on a nighttime formation training flight.

The crewmembers killed were:

Flt. Off. Charles G Novak, T-000347, WI, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. James W Bishop, O-735971, IL, Navigator
2LT Ernest F. Pasqua, O-734496, NY, Bombardier
Sgt. Victor A Berreth, 19067469, CA, Flight Engineer
Sgt. Adelbert J Burke, 11031324, RI, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Joseph P Baucom, 34037333, NC, Gunner
Sgt. Woodrow W Erwin, 38180654, OK, Asst. Radio Operator
Sgt. Robert M Parchman, 16097075, IL, Gunner
S/Sgt. Melvin P Simms, 35468492, WV, Asst. Engineer
Sgt. Howard T Speak, 6583351, CA, Passenger

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2LT, 508 AAF BOMB SQ, 351 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: Tim Cook
  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103700739/ernest_f-pasqua: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Ernest F Pasqua (25 Jan 1921–26 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103700739, citing Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Tim Cook (contributor 46481904).