2nd Lieutenant Edwards was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A Brast
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E Underwood
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A Brast
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E Underwood
2nd Lieutenant Edwards was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A Brast
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E Underwood
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Roy E Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A Brast
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E Underwood
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2LT, 548 AAF BOMB SQ, 385 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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