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2LT John Austin Widsteen Veteran

Birth: 28 May 1921
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Death: 16 Apr 1944 (aged 22)
Monument: Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section 60 Site 8350
Memorial ID: 15314157 View Source

2nd Lieutenant Widsteen was killed aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-24J Liberator #42-100225 in a weather-related accident in New Guinea. All eleven aboard perished. On that day, Black Sunday, April 16, 1944, the U.S. 5th Air Force lost 37 aircraft to weather incidents. This wreck was located in 2002.

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2LT John Austin Widsteen Veteran

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