First Lieutenant Stinson was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276, serving with the 231st Combat Crew Training Squadron.
He was one of nine airmen killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29 (#42-93895 piloted by 1st Lt Robert A Mayer).
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
Lt. Stinson was from Caneyville, Kentucky.
The aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Donald E LeFebvre Radar Op.
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
He was one of nine airmen killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29 (#42-93895 piloted by 1st Lt Robert A Mayer).
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
Lt. Stinson was from Caneyville, Kentucky.
The aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Donald E LeFebvre Radar Op.
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
First Lieutenant Stinson was the pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-MO Superfortress #44-86276, serving with the 231st Combat Crew Training Squadron.
He was one of nine airmen killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29 (#42-93895 piloted by 1st Lt Robert A Mayer).
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
Lt. Stinson was from Caneyville, Kentucky.
The aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Donald E LeFebvre Radar Op.
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
He was one of nine airmen killed in a mid-air collision at 15,000 feet in the skies over Weatherford, Texas with another B-29 (#42-93895 piloted by 1st Lt Robert A Mayer).
There were no survivors of the crash of the Alamogordo, New Mexico-based bomber.
Seven were killed aboard the other B-29 (two survived).
Lt. Stinson was from Caneyville, Kentucky.
The aircrew killed were:
1st Lt. Aubrey K Stinson A/C pilot
2nd Lt. Harold N Swaim co-pilot
2nd Lt. Benson W Cohen Bombadier
2nd Lt. Gordon E Myers Navigator
2nd Lt. Edward E Lahniers Flt. Eng.
Sgt. Clarence A Jurgens gunner
Sgt. Donald E LeFebvre Radar Op.
Sgt. Johnny A Moseley Fire Control
Sgt. Donald E Reed gunner
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