1LT Ernest Wilhelm Fordney Jr. (1921-1945)

1LT Ernest Wilhelm Fordney Jr. Veteran

Birth

31 Jul 1921

Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA

Death

25 Mar 1945 (aged 23)

India

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Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map

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Tablets of the Missing - Army

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First Lieutenant Fordney, Jr. was killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-1-MO Superfortress
#42-65202 collided with B-29 #42-24507 near Haliday Island, East India while on a training mission, over the Bay of Bengal, south of Calcutta (Kolkata).

Eight other crew members perished. The crew of the other B-29 survived. MACR 13445.

Killed were:

1st Lt. George H Beaumont
1st Lt. Ernest W Fordney Jr
1st Lt. Oscar E Hauser Jr
1st Lt. Walter A Moser Jr
Sgt. Robert B Heal
Sgt. Francis J La Berge
Sgt. Roy E Ridgeway
Sgt. Aurele K Torgerson
S/Sgt. Leonard F Wszola

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Entered the service from Michigan.

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