Sergeant, 233 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Davis-Monthan Army Airfield.
Radio Operator killed in service when B-29 Superfortress #44-86288 had an on-board fire that caused an in-flight explosion and crashed, thirty-nine miles north of Tucson, Arizona, in the Black Mountains.
Five other Army airmen perished:
1st Lt. Forrest R Nichols, Pilot
1st Lt. Arthur E Skeats, Jr, Flight Engineer
2nd Lt. Leven L Dorsey, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Walter C Kenney, Navigator
Flt. Off. Peter Chando, Bombardier
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Entered the service from North Carolina; Service ID: 34605152.
Radio Operator killed in service when B-29 Superfortress #44-86288 had an on-board fire that caused an in-flight explosion and crashed, thirty-nine miles north of Tucson, Arizona, in the Black Mountains.
Five other Army airmen perished:
1st Lt. Forrest R Nichols, Pilot
1st Lt. Arthur E Skeats, Jr, Flight Engineer
2nd Lt. Leven L Dorsey, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Walter C Kenney, Navigator
Flt. Off. Peter Chando, Bombardier
~
Entered the service from North Carolina; Service ID: 34605152.
Sergeant, 233 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Davis-Monthan Army Airfield.
Radio Operator killed in service when B-29 Superfortress #44-86288 had an on-board fire that caused an in-flight explosion and crashed, thirty-nine miles north of Tucson, Arizona, in the Black Mountains.
Five other Army airmen perished:
1st Lt. Forrest R Nichols, Pilot
1st Lt. Arthur E Skeats, Jr, Flight Engineer
2nd Lt. Leven L Dorsey, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Walter C Kenney, Navigator
Flt. Off. Peter Chando, Bombardier
~
Entered the service from North Carolina; Service ID: 34605152.
Radio Operator killed in service when B-29 Superfortress #44-86288 had an on-board fire that caused an in-flight explosion and crashed, thirty-nine miles north of Tucson, Arizona, in the Black Mountains.
Five other Army airmen perished:
1st Lt. Forrest R Nichols, Pilot
1st Lt. Arthur E Skeats, Jr, Flight Engineer
2nd Lt. Leven L Dorsey, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Walter C Kenney, Navigator
Flt. Off. Peter Chando, Bombardier
~
Entered the service from North Carolina; Service ID: 34605152.
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SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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John has no marker, but he is buried next to his parents, John Alspaugh Sr and Pauline Alspaugh who share a marker.
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