Desmond served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24J "Live Wire" #44-41235, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Washington County, Florida prior to the war.
B-24J #44-41235 took off from APO #321, Mindoro, Philippine Islands on a strike mission over Canton, China. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Bowers, notified the other B-24's on the mission that they had run out of fuel and instructed his crew to bailout over the China Sea but he thought possibly he could make the coast of Luzon and would stay with his B-24. Eventually the B-24 crashed into the China Sea.
Desmond is noted as bailing out and one of the other crew members, 2nd. Lt. Elmer J. Fulkerson the Bombardier, saw him get tangled in his parachute and drown. 2nd Lt. Fulkerson was not close enough to help him.
Desmond was declared "Missing In Action" from this mission.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # T-134832
Desmond also has a "Cenotaph" in the Glenwood Cemetery, Chipley, Florida with his parents.
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-41235:
Alberson, Desmond H ~ FO, Navigator, FL
Bowers, Samuel J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IN
Nadel, Nathaniel ~ FO, Co-Pilot, NY
Perree, James J ~ Corp, Gunner, NJ
Remppies, Daniel J ~ Corp, Engineer, NJ )
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Desmond served as a Navigator in the 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group (Heavy) and got killed when his plane crashed, he bailed out and got tangled in the chute and drowned.
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He resided in Washington County, Florida prior to the war.
B-24J #44-41235 took off from APO #321, Mindoro, Philippine Islands on a strike mission over Canton, China. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Bowers, notified the other B-24's on the mission that they had run out of fuel and instructed his crew to bailout over the China Sea but he thought possibly he could make the coast of Luzon and would stay with his B-24. Eventually the B-24 crashed into the China Sea.
Desmond is noted as bailing out and one of the other crew members, 2nd. Lt. Elmer J. Fulkerson the Bombardier, saw him get tangled in his parachute and drown. 2nd Lt. Fulkerson was not close enough to help him.
Desmond was declared "Missing In Action" from this mission.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # T-134832
Desmond also has a "Cenotaph" in the Glenwood Cemetery, Chipley, Florida with his parents.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-41235:
Alberson, Desmond H ~ FO, Navigator, FL
Bowers, Samuel J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IN
Nadel, Nathaniel ~ FO, Co-Pilot, NY
Perree, James J ~ Corp, Gunner, NJ
Remppies, Daniel J ~ Corp, Engineer, NJ )
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Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Desmond served as a Navigator in the 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group (Heavy) and got killed when his plane crashed, he bailed out and got tangled in the chute and drowned.
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Desmond served as a Flight Officer & Navigator on B-24J "Live Wire" #44-41235, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Washington County, Florida prior to the war.
B-24J #44-41235 took off from APO #321, Mindoro, Philippine Islands on a strike mission over Canton, China. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Bowers, notified the other B-24's on the mission that they had run out of fuel and instructed his crew to bailout over the China Sea but he thought possibly he could make the coast of Luzon and would stay with his B-24. Eventually the B-24 crashed into the China Sea.
Desmond is noted as bailing out and one of the other crew members, 2nd. Lt. Elmer J. Fulkerson the Bombardier, saw him get tangled in his parachute and drown. 2nd Lt. Fulkerson was not close enough to help him.
Desmond was declared "Missing In Action" from this mission.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # T-134832
Desmond also has a "Cenotaph" in the Glenwood Cemetery, Chipley, Florida with his parents.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-41235:
Alberson, Desmond H ~ FO, Navigator, FL
Bowers, Samuel J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IN
Nadel, Nathaniel ~ FO, Co-Pilot, NY
Perree, James J ~ Corp, Gunner, NJ
Remppies, Daniel J ~ Corp, Engineer, NJ )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Desmond served as a Navigator in the 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group (Heavy) and got killed when his plane crashed, he bailed out and got tangled in the chute and drowned.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Washington County, Florida prior to the war.
B-24J #44-41235 took off from APO #321, Mindoro, Philippine Islands on a strike mission over Canton, China. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Bowers, notified the other B-24's on the mission that they had run out of fuel and instructed his crew to bailout over the China Sea but he thought possibly he could make the coast of Luzon and would stay with his B-24. Eventually the B-24 crashed into the China Sea.
Desmond is noted as bailing out and one of the other crew members, 2nd. Lt. Elmer J. Fulkerson the Bombardier, saw him get tangled in his parachute and drown. 2nd Lt. Fulkerson was not close enough to help him.
Desmond was declared "Missing In Action" from this mission.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # T-134832
Desmond also has a "Cenotaph" in the Glenwood Cemetery, Chipley, Florida with his parents.
" Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-41235:
Alberson, Desmond H ~ FO, Navigator, FL
Bowers, Samuel J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IN
Nadel, Nathaniel ~ FO, Co-Pilot, NY
Perree, James J ~ Corp, Gunner, NJ
Remppies, Daniel J ~ Corp, Engineer, NJ )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Desmond served as a Navigator in the 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group (Heavy) and got killed when his plane crashed, he bailed out and got tangled in the chute and drowned.
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