Second Lieutenant McPherson served with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when B-24E Liberator #42-7240 was
involved in a mid-air collision with another
B-24 (#42-6988) in the skies, approximately
five miles southwest of the airfield during a
training flight.
Son of H.C. and Leila McPherson, age 23.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
And aboard 42-6988:
2nd Lt. Vauclain W Barnes, pilot
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when B-24E Liberator #42-7240 was
involved in a mid-air collision with another
B-24 (#42-6988) in the skies, approximately
five miles southwest of the airfield during a
training flight.
Son of H.C. and Leila McPherson, age 23.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
And aboard 42-6988:
2nd Lt. Vauclain W Barnes, pilot
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
Second Lieutenant McPherson served with the
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when B-24E Liberator #42-7240 was
involved in a mid-air collision with another
B-24 (#42-6988) in the skies, approximately
five miles southwest of the airfield during a
training flight.
Son of H.C. and Leila McPherson, age 23.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
And aboard 42-6988:
2nd Lt. Vauclain W Barnes, pilot
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
2519th Base Unit at Fort Worth Army Airfield,
Texas.
He was killed, along with seven other Army
airmen, when B-24E Liberator #42-7240 was
involved in a mid-air collision with another
B-24 (#42-6988) in the skies, approximately
five miles southwest of the airfield during a
training flight.
Son of H.C. and Leila McPherson, age 23.
The other airmen killed aboard his airplane:
2nd Lt. William H Magee, pilot
2nd Lt. Douglas M McAllister
Cpl. Fritz Waldal
And aboard 42-6988:
2nd Lt. Vauclain W Barnes, pilot
2nd Lt. Millard Jean Walline
2nd Lt. Frederick C Webster
S/Sgt. Everett A Gaines
Inscription
2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Mississippi; ASN O-683476
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