2nd Lieutenant Striplin was the pilot of B-24E Liberator #42-7018, serving with the 330th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Squadron at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. He was one of nine airmen who were killed when the bomber exploded and crashed, fifteen miles west of the airfield, March 5, 1943.
He was from Comanche County, Texas.
The crewmember killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Royce G. Matthews
2nd Lt. Joseph L. Shumsky
T/Sgt. Patrick G. McKay
S/Sgt. William F. George
Sgt. Lawson R. Armstrong, Jr.
Sgt. James R. Early
Sgt. Marvin Litz
Sgt. John S. Swenk
He was from Comanche County, Texas.
The crewmember killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Royce G. Matthews
2nd Lt. Joseph L. Shumsky
T/Sgt. Patrick G. McKay
S/Sgt. William F. George
Sgt. Lawson R. Armstrong, Jr.
Sgt. James R. Early
Sgt. Marvin Litz
Sgt. John S. Swenk
2nd Lieutenant Striplin was the pilot of B-24E Liberator #42-7018, serving with the 330th Bomb Group, 457th Bomb Squadron at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. He was one of nine airmen who were killed when the bomber exploded and crashed, fifteen miles west of the airfield, March 5, 1943.
He was from Comanche County, Texas.
The crewmember killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Royce G. Matthews
2nd Lt. Joseph L. Shumsky
T/Sgt. Patrick G. McKay
S/Sgt. William F. George
Sgt. Lawson R. Armstrong, Jr.
Sgt. James R. Early
Sgt. Marvin Litz
Sgt. John S. Swenk
He was from Comanche County, Texas.
The crewmember killed aboard were:
2nd Lt. Royce G. Matthews
2nd Lt. Joseph L. Shumsky
T/Sgt. Patrick G. McKay
S/Sgt. William F. George
Sgt. Lawson R. Armstrong, Jr.
Sgt. James R. Early
Sgt. Marvin Litz
Sgt. John S. Swenk
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