Funeral Services for Corp. Arthur F Pearce, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Armstrong of 74 Walnut St., North Quincy, who was one of 11 crew members of the B-29 Superfortress that crashed into Battle Mountain, Nevada, on Oct 1, 1946, will be conducted Monday afternoon, 2 o'clock at the Memorial Congregational Church, Newberry Avenue, North Quincy, by Rev. Joseph B. Parkman. Burial will be in Mount Wollaston Cemetery. Corporal Pearce was the ground crew chief aboard the plane which was making a routine flight from Grand Island, Neb., to Sacramento, Calif., when it crashed about half way to it's destination. He was stationed with the 28th bombardment group of the 77th bombardment squadron at Grand Island. His body, escorted by Sgt. Joseph Pellerin of Manchester, N.J. arrived the J.H. Richardson Funeral Home, 536 Washington St., Dorchester, and will be taken to his home in North Quincy this evening. Corporal Pearce, a former resident of Dorchester, enlisted in the Army Air Forces, upon his graduation from Dorchester High School for boys, and was called to active service Nov. 6, 1944. Assigned to Kessler Field. Miss., he graduated from Boeing aircraft factory school, where he specialized on B-29 Superfortresses. He was discharged Oct. 5, 1945, and re-enlisted the same day in the regular Army. He was assigned to the Grand Island, and from there went to Roswell, N.M. where he served on the Atom bomb test. Later he was sent to Operations Crossroads, and remained there during the Bikini tests. Upon his return to the States, he was assigned to Grand Island and was to have taken part in the Alaska "frigid test." Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, James Armstrong.

Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA - October, 11, 1946; p. 21,