Sgt. George William Kaiser, Jr was the eldest son of the four children born to George and Geraldine Kaiser. He enlisted the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 17, 1940 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri nearly a year before the outbreak of World War II. He was joined in holy matrimony to Maxine "Micky" née Phelps at the Latter Rain Baptist Church, on December 10, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Their union produced one child. After basic training, he became a member of the 6th Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomb Group, flying out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field. He was tragically killed when the A-20 "Havoc" Light Bomber he was a crew member of, collided mid-air with another aircraft during a routine training mission in Southern Mississippi. (Bio by: Jay Lance)
CRASH REPORT: Four Army Air Corps servicemen lost their lives in a mid-air collision about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, September 5, 1942, in a wooded area in the Prospect Community, approximately 7 miles north of New Augusta, in Perry County, Mississippi. 2nd Lt. George R. Pritchard of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was flying the twin-engine Douglas A-20 Light Bomber from the 16th Bomb Squadron out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field, during a two ship local formation flight, when the mid-air collision occurred. The other crew members were identified as 2nd Lt. Lethco A. Groce Jr. of Greer, SC; Staff Sgt. Floyd C. Lones of Fresno, CA; and Sgt. George C. Kaiser, Jr. of Cape Girardeau, MO. Upon striking a thermal current the left wing of the second ship struck and completely carried away the right elevator and horizontal stabilizer of the first ship causing it to plunge to the ground, killing all aboard the one aircraft.
(condensed & corrected from the official Technical Aviation Accident Report by JSL).
CRASH REPORT: Four Army Air Corps servicemen lost their lives in a mid-air collision about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, September 5, 1942, in a wooded area in the Prospect Community, approximately 7 miles north of New Augusta, in Perry County, Mississippi. 2nd Lt. George R. Pritchard of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was flying the twin-engine Douglas A-20 Light Bomber from the 16th Bomb Squadron out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field, during a two ship local formation flight, when the mid-air collision occurred. The other crew members were identified as 2nd Lt. Lethco A. Groce Jr. of Greer, SC; Staff Sgt. Floyd C. Lones of Fresno, CA; and Sgt. George C. Kaiser, Jr. of Cape Girardeau, MO. Upon striking a thermal current the left wing of the second ship struck and completely carried away the right elevator and horizontal stabilizer of the first ship causing it to plunge to the ground, killing all aboard the one aircraft.
(condensed & corrected from the official Technical Aviation Accident Report by JSL).
Sgt. George William Kaiser, Jr was the eldest son of the four children born to George and Geraldine Kaiser. He enlisted the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 17, 1940 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri nearly a year before the outbreak of World War II. He was joined in holy matrimony to Maxine "Micky" née Phelps at the Latter Rain Baptist Church, on December 10, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Their union produced one child. After basic training, he became a member of the 6th Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomb Group, flying out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field. He was tragically killed when the A-20 "Havoc" Light Bomber he was a crew member of, collided mid-air with another aircraft during a routine training mission in Southern Mississippi. (Bio by: Jay Lance)
CRASH REPORT: Four Army Air Corps servicemen lost their lives in a mid-air collision about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, September 5, 1942, in a wooded area in the Prospect Community, approximately 7 miles north of New Augusta, in Perry County, Mississippi. 2nd Lt. George R. Pritchard of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was flying the twin-engine Douglas A-20 Light Bomber from the 16th Bomb Squadron out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field, during a two ship local formation flight, when the mid-air collision occurred. The other crew members were identified as 2nd Lt. Lethco A. Groce Jr. of Greer, SC; Staff Sgt. Floyd C. Lones of Fresno, CA; and Sgt. George C. Kaiser, Jr. of Cape Girardeau, MO. Upon striking a thermal current the left wing of the second ship struck and completely carried away the right elevator and horizontal stabilizer of the first ship causing it to plunge to the ground, killing all aboard the one aircraft.
(condensed & corrected from the official Technical Aviation Accident Report by JSL).
CRASH REPORT: Four Army Air Corps servicemen lost their lives in a mid-air collision about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, September 5, 1942, in a wooded area in the Prospect Community, approximately 7 miles north of New Augusta, in Perry County, Mississippi. 2nd Lt. George R. Pritchard of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was flying the twin-engine Douglas A-20 Light Bomber from the 16th Bomb Squadron out of Hattiesburg Army Air Field, during a two ship local formation flight, when the mid-air collision occurred. The other crew members were identified as 2nd Lt. Lethco A. Groce Jr. of Greer, SC; Staff Sgt. Floyd C. Lones of Fresno, CA; and Sgt. George C. Kaiser, Jr. of Cape Girardeau, MO. Upon striking a thermal current the left wing of the second ship struck and completely carried away the right elevator and horizontal stabilizer of the first ship causing it to plunge to the ground, killing all aboard the one aircraft.
(condensed & corrected from the official Technical Aviation Accident Report by JSL).
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