First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-36H
'Peacemaker" #51-13721 reconnaissance
bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland,
Canada.
The huge airplane was on a low level flight
from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's
home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when
it collided with a ridgetop.
Twenty-two other crew members perished,
including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth.
An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven,
was sent to search for the missing bomber. On
it's return to base the SB-29 crashed into
St. George's Bay, and the bodies of the crew
were never found.
*****
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-36H
'Peacemaker" #51-13721 reconnaissance
bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland,
Canada.
The huge airplane was on a low level flight
from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's
home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when
it collided with a ridgetop.
Twenty-two other crew members perished,
including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth.
An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven,
was sent to search for the missing bomber. On
it's return to base the SB-29 crashed into
St. George's Bay, and the bodies of the crew
were never found.
*****
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-36H
'Peacemaker" #51-13721 reconnaissance
bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland,
Canada.
The huge airplane was on a low level flight
from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's
home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when
it collided with a ridgetop.
Twenty-two other crew members perished,
including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth.
An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven,
was sent to search for the missing bomber. On
it's return to base the SB-29 crashed into
St. George's Bay, and the bodies of the crew
were never found.
*****
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-36H
'Peacemaker" #51-13721 reconnaissance
bomber near Burgoynes Cove, Newfoundland,
Canada.
The huge airplane was on a low level flight
from the Azores, eastern Atlantic, back to it's
home base in Rapid City, South Dakota when
it collided with a ridgetop.
Twenty-two other crew members perished,
including Brigadier General Richard Ellsworth.
An SB-29 Superfortress, with a crew of eleven,
was sent to search for the missing bomber. On
it's return to base the SB-29 crashed into
St. George's Bay, and the bodies of the crew
were never found.
*****
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1ST LT 718 STRAT RECON SQ AF
WORLD WAR II AM & 5 OLC
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