Fifteen Army airmen were killed when B-24J
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
Killed in service were:
Capt. Edwin F Zdunczyk, Pilot
1st Lt. Jerome Kagel
1st Lt. Carleton H Keeler
2nd Lt. George C Oesterreicher
2nd Lt. Robert B Wright
Sgt. Arthur H Brundahl
Sgt. Emil Eckert
TSgt. Frederick G Emmelmann
Sgt. Berkley G Fletcher
Sgt. Troy R Frazier
Sgt. Robert W Johnson
Sgt. Paul E Kleiner
Sgt. Anthony P Lupisella
Sgt. Marlo M Pickell
SSgt. Robert B Walters
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
Killed in service were:
Capt. Edwin F Zdunczyk, Pilot
1st Lt. Jerome Kagel
1st Lt. Carleton H Keeler
2nd Lt. George C Oesterreicher
2nd Lt. Robert B Wright
Sgt. Arthur H Brundahl
Sgt. Emil Eckert
TSgt. Frederick G Emmelmann
Sgt. Berkley G Fletcher
Sgt. Troy R Frazier
Sgt. Robert W Johnson
Sgt. Paul E Kleiner
Sgt. Anthony P Lupisella
Sgt. Marlo M Pickell
SSgt. Robert B Walters
Fifteen Army airmen were killed when B-24J
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
Killed in service were:
Capt. Edwin F Zdunczyk, Pilot
1st Lt. Jerome Kagel
1st Lt. Carleton H Keeler
2nd Lt. George C Oesterreicher
2nd Lt. Robert B Wright
Sgt. Arthur H Brundahl
Sgt. Emil Eckert
TSgt. Frederick G Emmelmann
Sgt. Berkley G Fletcher
Sgt. Troy R Frazier
Sgt. Robert W Johnson
Sgt. Paul E Kleiner
Sgt. Anthony P Lupisella
Sgt. Marlo M Pickell
SSgt. Robert B Walters
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
Killed in service were:
Capt. Edwin F Zdunczyk, Pilot
1st Lt. Jerome Kagel
1st Lt. Carleton H Keeler
2nd Lt. George C Oesterreicher
2nd Lt. Robert B Wright
Sgt. Arthur H Brundahl
Sgt. Emil Eckert
TSgt. Frederick G Emmelmann
Sgt. Berkley G Fletcher
Sgt. Troy R Frazier
Sgt. Robert W Johnson
Sgt. Paul E Kleiner
Sgt. Anthony P Lupisella
Sgt. Marlo M Pickell
SSgt. Robert B Walters
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