RESCUE CREWS SEEK FLIERS' BODIES.
By United Press
Corpus Christi, Nov. 10 -- Rescue crews today resumed their search of the smooth, warm waters of Corpus Christi Bay for the bodies of 16 naval airmen missing after a mid-air collision over the bay Thursday night.
Five survivors were reported to be "about out of danger."
The Navy revealed today the names of 10 of the 22 presumed dead.
Those whose names were revealed had next of kin living in Corpus Christi and their original home towns were not immediately disclosed by the Navy.
Dead officers included:
LCDR Preston R. Moore
LT Loyd F Cox
LTJG John W Rosson, Jr
LTJG David W Wright
ENS David P. Kelly
ENS Neil B Rickard
Dead enlisted men:
AOM3 Ralph H. Barberio
AOM3 Arthur W Boden
ARM3 Hall K Breckenridge
ARM3 Charles W Cavallaro
AMM3 Sylvester D Cole
AAM1 Theodore W Drake
ARM3 William T. Hopkins
ARM3 Wayland F Howard
AMM3 John J Fitzsimmons
S1 Earl A Knie
ARM3 Walter J Panezich
ARM3 Dale W Robb
AMM3 James E Smith
AMM3 Howard A Steen
AOM3 Harold A Thompson
Lieutenant COX was among the six survivors rescued immediately after the crash, but he died a short time later.
El Paso Herald-Post Texas 1945-11-10
RESCUE CREWS SEEK FLIERS' BODIES.
By United Press
Corpus Christi, Nov. 10 -- Rescue crews today resumed their search of the smooth, warm waters of Corpus Christi Bay for the bodies of 16 naval airmen missing after a mid-air collision over the bay Thursday night.
Five survivors were reported to be "about out of danger."
The Navy revealed today the names of 10 of the 22 presumed dead.
Those whose names were revealed had next of kin living in Corpus Christi and their original home towns were not immediately disclosed by the Navy.
Dead officers included:
LCDR Preston R. Moore
LT Loyd F Cox
LTJG John W Rosson, Jr
LTJG David W Wright
ENS David P. Kelly
ENS Neil B Rickard
Dead enlisted men:
AOM3 Ralph H. Barberio
AOM3 Arthur W Boden
ARM3 Hall K Breckenridge
ARM3 Charles W Cavallaro
AMM3 Sylvester D Cole
AAM1 Theodore W Drake
ARM3 William T. Hopkins
ARM3 Wayland F Howard
AMM3 John J Fitzsimmons
S1 Earl A Knie
ARM3 Walter J Panezich
ARM3 Dale W Robb
AMM3 James E Smith
AMM3 Howard A Steen
AOM3 Harold A Thompson
Lieutenant COX was among the six survivors rescued immediately after the crash, but he died a short time later.
El Paso Herald-Post Texas 1945-11-10
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