Casualty of WWII-Tech Sgt, 319th Bomb Group, 437th Bomb Squadron
Technical Sergeant Alexander James Lamison, Jr., son of Alexander James and Blanche Belle (Harnish) Lamison of Three Springs, PA, was one of seven men killed in a bomber aircraft, B-26B. The aircraft departed Baer Field, Indiana for Presque Isle, Maine at 10:25 CWT on September 26, 1942 when the crash occurred two miles north of Rimer (Fort Jennings Township), Ohio at 10:42 CWT - 17 minutes after takeoff. The plane crashed in the pastures of the Anthony Klausing and James Thomas farms. Witnesses in the vicinity of the crash reported hearing the plane flying at a low altitude and stated it sounded as if the aircraft developed a problem with its engines.
Sergeant Lamison entered in the Army Air Corps on July 21, 1941 and advanced to the grade of Technical Sergeant on the B-26B type of bomber in the short time since enlistment. He was a 1936 graduate of Saltillo High School in Saltillo, PA and Thompson Business College in York, PA. He was united in marriage to Edna Mae Moore Barrick of Philadelphia on May 19, 1942 in Dayton, OH. He leaves his parents, his widow, two brothers (Frederick and Robert) and two sisters (Marguerite and Peggy Sioux). Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 30.
Other members of this crew were:
2nd Lt Eugene L. Newton, pilot from Kansas City, Missouri;
2nd Lt Fred Bice, co-pilot from Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
SSgt Patrick J. Nelligan from Santa Rosa, California;
Pvt Robert D. Risetter from Radcliff, Iowa;
Pvt Orley R. Colestock from Hecla, South Dakota; and
Pvt Arnold A. Wildt from Broadmead, Oregon
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On Sunday, 22 August 2021 - 79 years after the fatal bomber crash - a historical marker was placed at the crash site in Fort Jennings Township, Ohio and a commemoration ceremony took place to honor the seven men who lost their lives. Family members from the Risetter, Colestock, and Lamison families were present for the service.
Alexander "Bud" Lamison's nephew, Christopher Lamison Craft, trailered Bud's 1930 Model A Ford Roadster from Georgia to Ohio so the car could be present for the ceremony.
Technical Sergeant Alexander James Lamison, Jr., son of Alexander James and Blanche Belle (Harnish) Lamison of Three Springs, PA, was one of seven men killed in a bomber aircraft, B-26B. The aircraft departed Baer Field, Indiana for Presque Isle, Maine at 10:25 CWT on September 26, 1942 when the crash occurred two miles north of Rimer (Fort Jennings Township), Ohio at 10:42 CWT - 17 minutes after takeoff. The plane crashed in the pastures of the Anthony Klausing and James Thomas farms. Witnesses in the vicinity of the crash reported hearing the plane flying at a low altitude and stated it sounded as if the aircraft developed a problem with its engines.
Sergeant Lamison entered in the Army Air Corps on July 21, 1941 and advanced to the grade of Technical Sergeant on the B-26B type of bomber in the short time since enlistment. He was a 1936 graduate of Saltillo High School in Saltillo, PA and Thompson Business College in York, PA. He was united in marriage to Edna Mae Moore Barrick of Philadelphia on May 19, 1942 in Dayton, OH. He leaves his parents, his widow, two brothers (Frederick and Robert) and two sisters (Marguerite and Peggy Sioux). Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 30.
Other members of this crew were:
2nd Lt Eugene L. Newton, pilot from Kansas City, Missouri;
2nd Lt Fred Bice, co-pilot from Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
SSgt Patrick J. Nelligan from Santa Rosa, California;
Pvt Robert D. Risetter from Radcliff, Iowa;
Pvt Orley R. Colestock from Hecla, South Dakota; and
Pvt Arnold A. Wildt from Broadmead, Oregon
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On Sunday, 22 August 2021 - 79 years after the fatal bomber crash - a historical marker was placed at the crash site in Fort Jennings Township, Ohio and a commemoration ceremony took place to honor the seven men who lost their lives. Family members from the Risetter, Colestock, and Lamison families were present for the service.
Alexander "Bud" Lamison's nephew, Christopher Lamison Craft, trailered Bud's 1930 Model A Ford Roadster from Georgia to Ohio so the car could be present for the ceremony.
Casualty of WWII-Tech Sgt, 319th Bomb Group, 437th Bomb Squadron
Technical Sergeant Alexander James Lamison, Jr., son of Alexander James and Blanche Belle (Harnish) Lamison of Three Springs, PA, was one of seven men killed in a bomber aircraft, B-26B. The aircraft departed Baer Field, Indiana for Presque Isle, Maine at 10:25 CWT on September 26, 1942 when the crash occurred two miles north of Rimer (Fort Jennings Township), Ohio at 10:42 CWT - 17 minutes after takeoff. The plane crashed in the pastures of the Anthony Klausing and James Thomas farms. Witnesses in the vicinity of the crash reported hearing the plane flying at a low altitude and stated it sounded as if the aircraft developed a problem with its engines.
Sergeant Lamison entered in the Army Air Corps on July 21, 1941 and advanced to the grade of Technical Sergeant on the B-26B type of bomber in the short time since enlistment. He was a 1936 graduate of Saltillo High School in Saltillo, PA and Thompson Business College in York, PA. He was united in marriage to Edna Mae Moore Barrick of Philadelphia on May 19, 1942 in Dayton, OH. He leaves his parents, his widow, two brothers (Frederick and Robert) and two sisters (Marguerite and Peggy Sioux). Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 30.
Other members of this crew were:
2nd Lt Eugene L. Newton, pilot from Kansas City, Missouri;
2nd Lt Fred Bice, co-pilot from Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
SSgt Patrick J. Nelligan from Santa Rosa, California;
Pvt Robert D. Risetter from Radcliff, Iowa;
Pvt Orley R. Colestock from Hecla, South Dakota; and
Pvt Arnold A. Wildt from Broadmead, Oregon
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On Sunday, 22 August 2021 - 79 years after the fatal bomber crash - a historical marker was placed at the crash site in Fort Jennings Township, Ohio and a commemoration ceremony took place to honor the seven men who lost their lives. Family members from the Risetter, Colestock, and Lamison families were present for the service.
Alexander "Bud" Lamison's nephew, Christopher Lamison Craft, trailered Bud's 1930 Model A Ford Roadster from Georgia to Ohio so the car could be present for the ceremony.
Technical Sergeant Alexander James Lamison, Jr., son of Alexander James and Blanche Belle (Harnish) Lamison of Three Springs, PA, was one of seven men killed in a bomber aircraft, B-26B. The aircraft departed Baer Field, Indiana for Presque Isle, Maine at 10:25 CWT on September 26, 1942 when the crash occurred two miles north of Rimer (Fort Jennings Township), Ohio at 10:42 CWT - 17 minutes after takeoff. The plane crashed in the pastures of the Anthony Klausing and James Thomas farms. Witnesses in the vicinity of the crash reported hearing the plane flying at a low altitude and stated it sounded as if the aircraft developed a problem with its engines.
Sergeant Lamison entered in the Army Air Corps on July 21, 1941 and advanced to the grade of Technical Sergeant on the B-26B type of bomber in the short time since enlistment. He was a 1936 graduate of Saltillo High School in Saltillo, PA and Thompson Business College in York, PA. He was united in marriage to Edna Mae Moore Barrick of Philadelphia on May 19, 1942 in Dayton, OH. He leaves his parents, his widow, two brothers (Frederick and Robert) and two sisters (Marguerite and Peggy Sioux). Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 30.
Other members of this crew were:
2nd Lt Eugene L. Newton, pilot from Kansas City, Missouri;
2nd Lt Fred Bice, co-pilot from Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
SSgt Patrick J. Nelligan from Santa Rosa, California;
Pvt Robert D. Risetter from Radcliff, Iowa;
Pvt Orley R. Colestock from Hecla, South Dakota; and
Pvt Arnold A. Wildt from Broadmead, Oregon
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On Sunday, 22 August 2021 - 79 years after the fatal bomber crash - a historical marker was placed at the crash site in Fort Jennings Township, Ohio and a commemoration ceremony took place to honor the seven men who lost their lives. Family members from the Risetter, Colestock, and Lamison families were present for the service.
Alexander "Bud" Lamison's nephew, Christopher Lamison Craft, trailered Bud's 1930 Model A Ford Roadster from Georgia to Ohio so the car could be present for the ceremony.
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