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 enroute 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
Eleven crew members and four passengers perished. The plane was enroute 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 enroute 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
Eleven crew members and four passengers perished. The plane was enroute 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
Inscription
SGT, 423 AAF BASE UNIT WORLD WAR II
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ASN 37482132; upright marble military marker
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