Served as a Staff Sergeant with the 379th
Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group from the
Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina.

On September 22, 1942, during transit to
Europe, B-25C Mitchell #41-13049 departed
the airfield at Presque Isle, Maine for a
flight leg to Gander, Newfoundland.
Bad weather at Gander forced the group of
bombers to return. But the medium twin
engine bomber crashed, due to a structural
failure, five miles west of Wade, Maine.

That day, two German sympathizers were
arrested at the Presque Isle Army Airfield
for tampering with a B-17.

Another B-25 crashed on the same day,
also from mechanical failure, leading to
the belief that both B-25's were the
victims of sabotage.

The airmen killed were:

2nd Lt. John F Watson, pilot
2nd Lt. John W Rives
S/Sgt. John S Delano
S/Sgt. Eugene J Crozier
S/Sgt. James A Kviz
S/Sgt. Richard K Riddle
Sgt. Frederick W. Rowbottom

Served as a Staff Sergeant with the 379th
Bomb Squadron, 310th Bomb Group from the
Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina.

On September 22, 1942, during transit to
Europe, B-25C Mitchell #41-13049 departed
the airfield at Presque Isle, Maine for a
flight leg to Gander, Newfoundland.
Bad weather at Gander forced the group of
bombers to return. But the medium twin
engine bomber crashed, due to a structural
failure, five miles west of Wade, Maine.

That day, two German sympathizers were
arrested at the Presque Isle Army Airfield
for tampering with a B-17.

Another B-25 crashed on the same day,
also from mechanical failure, leading to
the belief that both B-25's were the
victims of sabotage.

The airmen killed were:

2nd Lt. John F Watson, pilot
2nd Lt. John W Rives
S/Sgt. John S Delano
S/Sgt. Eugene J Crozier
S/Sgt. James A Kviz
S/Sgt. Richard K Riddle
Sgt. Frederick W. Rowbottom