Staff Sergeant Atkinson served with the 388th Bomb Group, 561st Bomb Squadron, from Wendover Field, Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. Elmer C Barsig
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
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NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air Base
were killed early yesterday and four others were
injured when a four-motored bomber in which they
were riding crashed two miles out of Soda Springs,
Idaho.
The dead are: 2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD,
NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City,
Ind.
Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue,
St. Louis, MO
Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch
Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street,
New York City, New York
Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street,
New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South
Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at the
Wendover base, announced yesterday that the plane
was on a routine training flight to Pocatello,
Idaho, and that it struck a high tension wire.
Townspeople reported seeing the bomber circle
Soda Springs for an hour and a half before it hit
the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover and
about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said "everyone
in the vicinity knew the plane was in trouble, as it
flew over the town a dozen times, at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. Elmer C Barsig
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air Base
were killed early yesterday and four others were
injured when a four-motored bomber in which they
were riding crashed two miles out of Soda Springs,
Idaho.
The dead are: 2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD,
NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City,
Ind.
Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue,
St. Louis, MO
Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch
Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street,
New York City, New York
Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street,
New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South
Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at the
Wendover base, announced yesterday that the plane
was on a routine training flight to Pocatello,
Idaho, and that it struck a high tension wire.
Townspeople reported seeing the bomber circle
Soda Springs for an hour and a half before it hit
the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover and
about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said "everyone
in the vicinity knew the plane was in trouble, as it
flew over the town a dozen times, at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Staff Sergeant Atkinson served with the 388th Bomb Group, 561st Bomb Squadron, from Wendover Field, Utah.
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. Elmer C Barsig
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air Base
were killed early yesterday and four others were
injured when a four-motored bomber in which they
were riding crashed two miles out of Soda Springs,
Idaho.
The dead are: 2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD,
NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City,
Ind.
Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue,
St. Louis, MO
Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch
Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street,
New York City, New York
Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street,
New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South
Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at the
Wendover base, announced yesterday that the plane
was on a routine training flight to Pocatello,
Idaho, and that it struck a high tension wire.
Townspeople reported seeing the bomber circle
Soda Springs for an hour and a half before it hit
the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover and
about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said "everyone
in the vicinity knew the plane was in trouble, as it
flew over the town a dozen times, at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was one of seven Army airmen killed in the crash of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29562, two miles southeast of Soda Springs, in Caribou County, Idaho.
The other Army airmen killed were:
2nd Lt. Donald T Arnold
SSgt. Richard L Atkinson, Jr
SSgt. Elmer C Barsig
SSgt. George E Clausius, Jr
SSgt. Floyd F Journeay
SSgt. Thomas A Smith
SSgt. Adolph Zuelly
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, RENO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943, PAGE SIX
WENDOVER ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH
FOUR OTHERS INJURED AS BOMBER HITS POWER LINE
Seven army fliers from the Wendover Army Air Base
were killed early yesterday and four others were
injured when a four-motored bomber in which they
were riding crashed two miles out of Soda Springs,
Idaho.
The dead are: 2nd LIEUT DONALD T. ARNOLD,
NAVIGATOR, ROUTE 7, BOX 289, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Staff Sgt Adolph Zuelly, 943 Main street, Tell City,
Ind.
Staff Sgt. Elmer C. Barsig, 5242 Maple Avenue,
St. Louis, MO
Staff Sgt. Richard L. Atkinson, 631 Long Branch
Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Smith, 411 Fifty-sixth street,
New York City, New York
Staff Sgt. Floyd F. Journeay, 36 Fourth street,
New Hyde Park, Long Island, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. George E. Clausius, Jr., 7923 South
Harvard avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The injured were:
2nd Lieut. Dixie E. Reese, bombardier, 315 Market street, Silver City, N.M.
2nd Lieut. Melvin H. Williams, pilot, Cope, Colo.
2nd Lieut. Ardby G. Pratt, co-pilot, 108 Merrill avenue, Lowell, Mass.
Lieut. A.J. Madden, public relations officer at the
Wendover base, announced yesterday that the plane
was on a routine training flight to Pocatello,
Idaho, and that it struck a high tension wire.
Townspeople reported seeing the bomber circle
Soda Springs for an hour and a half before it hit
the line.
Soda Springs is just north of the Utah-Idaho
border, about 200 miles northeast of Wendover and
about 40 miles south of Pocatello.
Soda Springs Hotel Manager John Allis said "everyone
in the vicinity knew the plane was in trouble, as it
flew over the town a dozen times, at least, before it crashed."
Madden said a board of investigation had been
appointed by the army to study the crash.
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Inscription
SSGT, 561 AAF BOMB SQ, 388 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Florida; ASN 14082607
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