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Submitted: 3/24/24 • Approved: 3/24/24 • Last Updated: 3/27/24 • R473785-G0-S3
SECOND LIEUTENANT US Army Air Force
10 Air Force
World War II
November 23, 1917 - July 20, 1942
Killed In Action
He enlisted July 16, 1941, and received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant and his wings on February 6, 1942. US Army Air Force Service #14052254.
He is listed on a Missing Air Crew Report as one of four crew members aboard an A-29 Aircraft, Tail #401-23291, that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean approximately 1 mile off shore from Natal, Brazil. The flight departed Natal enroute to Ascension Island in the south Atlantic Ocean.
Tablets of The Missing / Missing In Action or Buried at Sea
Contributed on 3/24/24 by bridges1026
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