Sergeant, 1521 Base Unit.
Killed in service when B-29-45-BA Superfortress #44-83960 struck 3,820-foot high Wauhab Ridge in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).
The bomber was being ferried from Hawaii to California. All seven airmen aboard were killed.
The other airmen were:
1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
2nd Lt. Andrew Robertson, Jr.
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller
Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 17118282.
Enlisted at Ft. Snelling, MN, August 9, 1944.
Killed in service when B-29-45-BA Superfortress #44-83960 struck 3,820-foot high Wauhab Ridge in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).
The bomber was being ferried from Hawaii to California. All seven airmen aboard were killed.
The other airmen were:
1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
2nd Lt. Andrew Robertson, Jr.
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller
Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 17118282.
Enlisted at Ft. Snelling, MN, August 9, 1944.
Sergeant, 1521 Base Unit.
Killed in service when B-29-45-BA Superfortress #44-83960 struck 3,820-foot high Wauhab Ridge in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).
The bomber was being ferried from Hawaii to California. All seven airmen aboard were killed.
The other airmen were:
1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
2nd Lt. Andrew Robertson, Jr.
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller
Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 17118282.
Enlisted at Ft. Snelling, MN, August 9, 1944.
Killed in service when B-29-45-BA Superfortress #44-83960 struck 3,820-foot high Wauhab Ridge in a snowstorm, twelve miles south of Livermore, California while navigating towards landing to Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (now Travis Air Force Base).
The bomber was being ferried from Hawaii to California. All seven airmen aboard were killed.
The other airmen were:
1st Lt. Fred S Andes Jr., Pilot
2nd Lt. Francis G Weyant, Co-pilot
1st Lt. George W Cummings Jr., Navigator
2nd Lt. Andrew Robertson, Jr.
Sgt. John E Elliott
PFC Donald M Miller
Entered the service from Minnesota; Service ID: 17118282.
Enlisted at Ft. Snelling, MN, August 9, 1944.
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