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2LT Joe James Hays

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2LT Joe James Hays

Birth
Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Feb 1943 (aged 25)
Giles County, Virginia, USA
Burial
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
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Co-Pilot of US Army Air Forces B-24D Liberator #41-11687.


Killed in service when the bomber crashed into the western face of Buckhorn Mountain, Giles County, Virginia, during a heavy snowfall while on a ferrying flight from Smyrna, Tennessee to Montreal, Quebec. Wreck site was spotted by a civilian pilot on April 22, 1943.


Killed were:


1LT James D Houston, Pilot

2LT Joe J Hays, Co-Pilot

PFC Frank Rohozka, Flight Engineer

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Spouse: Vera Hays.

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Enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, December 30, 1941. Service ID: O-666527.

Co-Pilot of US Army Air Forces B-24D Liberator #41-11687.


Killed in service when the bomber crashed into the western face of Buckhorn Mountain, Giles County, Virginia, during a heavy snowfall while on a ferrying flight from Smyrna, Tennessee to Montreal, Quebec. Wreck site was spotted by a civilian pilot on April 22, 1943.


Killed were:


1LT James D Houston, Pilot

2LT Joe J Hays, Co-Pilot

PFC Frank Rohozka, Flight Engineer

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Spouse: Vera Hays.

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Enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, December 30, 1941. Service ID: O-666527.

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2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220332838/joe_james-hays: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Joe James Hays (29 Jul 1917–3 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 220332838, citing Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).