Superfortress #42-24592, nicknamed "Dauntless Dotty." Perished when the bomber
crashed into the sea after night takeoff from Kwajalein Atol. Nine other crew were
killed and three survived and were rescued. With the 497th Bomb Group.
Killed were:
1st Lt. William A Kelley, A/C Pilot
Major Louis J Hartmann Jr, Passenger-Observer
1st Lt. William Kovach, Navigator
1st Lt. Roy E Shanklin Jr, Navigator
1st Lt. Carl W Stammerjohn, Observer
T/Sgt. Glenn W Jones, Central Fire Control Gunner
S/Sgt. Albert Desimone, Radar Operator
S/Sgt. Otto B Pence Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Thurman Walling, Gunner-Armorer
PFC Lowell B Spivey, Passenger
Superfortress #42-24592, nicknamed "Dauntless Dotty." Perished when the bomber
crashed into the sea after night takeoff from Kwajalein Atol. Nine other crew were
killed and three survived and were rescued. With the 497th Bomb Group.
Killed were:
1st Lt. William A Kelley, A/C Pilot
Major Louis J Hartmann Jr, Passenger-Observer
1st Lt. William Kovach, Navigator
1st Lt. Roy E Shanklin Jr, Navigator
1st Lt. Carl W Stammerjohn, Observer
T/Sgt. Glenn W Jones, Central Fire Control Gunner
S/Sgt. Albert Desimone, Radar Operator
S/Sgt. Otto B Pence Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Thurman Walling, Gunner-Armorer
PFC Lowell B Spivey, Passenger
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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