2LT Luther Chase (1916-1943) - Find a Grave Memorial

2LT Luther Chase

Birth

22 Dec 1916

Death

3 May 1943 (aged 26)

Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho, USA

Burial

Navajo Veterans Cemetery

Fort Defiance, Apache County, Arizona, USA Add to Map

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Second Lieutenant Chase served as a Navigator with the 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group from Gowen Field, in Idaho. He was killed in the crash of U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5215, one mile north of the Mountain Home Army Airfield, Idaho.

The crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Rector Arney, Pilot
2nd Lt. Thomas M. Homer, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Lewis A. Lillard, Bombardier
S/Sgt. Richard M. Campbell, Flight Engineer
Sgt. John W. Strickland, Asst. Engineer
Sgt. Otis L. Blackwood, Radio Operator
Sgt. Melvin Kaizer, Gunner

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From Navajo County, AZ. Enlisted April 22, 1942; Service ID: O-678681.

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2LT, 52 AAF BOMB SQ, 29 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

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