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1LT Ernest William Koskela

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1LT Ernest William Koskela

Birth
Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
Death
4 Nov 1945 (aged 23)
Schlatt, Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Wakefield, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 24, Lot 6, Space SW
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Killed in service in an accident at Schlatt, Germany, aboard C-47A Skytrain #43-15104.


During a flight from Bovingdon, England, bound for Munich, Germany, the transport airplane crashed into terrain during a snowstorm. All sixteen passengers and crew aboard were killed:


2LT Albert B Apple, Pilot

1LT Norman P Henderson

1LT Ernest W Koskela

FLT O Jackie E Daves

2LT Roger J Dibble

SSGT Earl L Block

SSGT Arthur B Cederberg

SSGT John P Gattermeir

SSGT David Jack

SSGT Martin Kenez Jr

SSGT Ray A Millsaps

SSGT Morris E Moore

SSGT Harry V Peters

TSGT Laverne F Redfield

TSGT Claude M White

CPL Heinz F Jendral

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Enlisted at Superior, Wisconsin, October 15, 1942

Killed in service in an accident at Schlatt, Germany, aboard C-47A Skytrain #43-15104.


During a flight from Bovingdon, England, bound for Munich, Germany, the transport airplane crashed into terrain during a snowstorm. All sixteen passengers and crew aboard were killed:


2LT Albert B Apple, Pilot

1LT Norman P Henderson

1LT Ernest W Koskela

FLT O Jackie E Daves

2LT Roger J Dibble

SSGT Earl L Block

SSGT Arthur B Cederberg

SSGT John P Gattermeir

SSGT David Jack

SSGT Martin Kenez Jr

SSGT Ray A Millsaps

SSGT Morris E Moore

SSGT Harry V Peters

TSGT Laverne F Redfield

TSGT Claude M White

CPL Heinz F Jendral

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Enlisted at Superior, Wisconsin, October 15, 1942

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1LT, 331 AAF BOMB SQ, 94 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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