An Air Force training mission took a bad turn in October 1944 when the pilots noticed one of the four engines on their B-24 Liberator bomber was failing.
Things got even worse when the crew confused which engine was the problem and throttled down the wrong ones.
The plane went into a spin, and after twice ordering his crew to bail out, 2nd Lt. Robert Meyer wrestled it to the ground south of Lemmon.
Four of the ten airmen aboard were killed.
The airmen who died are remembered on a Memorial Plaque at the site, dedicated in 2010 by the Meadow Historical Society.
The Meadow Historical Society is attempting to find any survivors/descendants/family of this crash.
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"Cpl. William Gaczewski of Buffalo, New York left behind a wife and 4 year old daughter. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. He has a surviving sister, Betty Doetterl, who lives in Hamburg, NY."
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Things got even worse when the crew confused which engine was the problem and throttled down the wrong ones.
The plane went into a spin, and after twice ordering his crew to bail out, 2nd Lt. Robert Meyer wrestled it to the ground south of Lemmon.
Four of the ten airmen aboard were killed.
The airmen who died are remembered on a Memorial Plaque at the site, dedicated in 2010 by the Meadow Historical Society.
The Meadow Historical Society is attempting to find any survivors/descendants/family of this crash.
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"Cpl. William Gaczewski of Buffalo, New York left behind a wife and 4 year old daughter. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. He has a surviving sister, Betty Doetterl, who lives in Hamburg, NY."
[Findagrave.com 8/22/2012 new information from message received.]
An Air Force training mission took a bad turn in October 1944 when the pilots noticed one of the four engines on their B-24 Liberator bomber was failing.
Things got even worse when the crew confused which engine was the problem and throttled down the wrong ones.
The plane went into a spin, and after twice ordering his crew to bail out, 2nd Lt. Robert Meyer wrestled it to the ground south of Lemmon.
Four of the ten airmen aboard were killed.
The airmen who died are remembered on a Memorial Plaque at the site, dedicated in 2010 by the Meadow Historical Society.
The Meadow Historical Society is attempting to find any survivors/descendants/family of this crash.
---
"Cpl. William Gaczewski of Buffalo, New York left behind a wife and 4 year old daughter. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. He has a surviving sister, Betty Doetterl, who lives in Hamburg, NY."
[Findagrave.com 8/22/2012 new information from message received.]
Things got even worse when the crew confused which engine was the problem and throttled down the wrong ones.
The plane went into a spin, and after twice ordering his crew to bail out, 2nd Lt. Robert Meyer wrestled it to the ground south of Lemmon.
Four of the ten airmen aboard were killed.
The airmen who died are remembered on a Memorial Plaque at the site, dedicated in 2010 by the Meadow Historical Society.
The Meadow Historical Society is attempting to find any survivors/descendants/family of this crash.
---
"Cpl. William Gaczewski of Buffalo, New York left behind a wife and 4 year old daughter. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, NY. He has a surviving sister, Betty Doetterl, who lives in Hamburg, NY."
[Findagrave.com 8/22/2012 new information from message received.]
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