He also has a memorial marker at the Page Cemetery in Page, NE.
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42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – 792nd Bomb Squadron – Delivered to the USAAF on 6/3/44 – Model B-29-30-BW – Departed Morrison for India on 7/23/44 and gained by the 468th Bomb Group on 8/27/44.
India Combat Missions – 4
Hump Missions – 2
Omura raid October 25, 1944.
42-24504 A/C Major Parsons, crashed approximately one minute after take off. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Capt. Harold Barber accompanied Major Parsons and crew for a checkout mission, he had just arrived from the States with a new plane and crew. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight.
Crew:
Maj. Edward F. Parsons – AC – KIA
Capt. Harold W. Barber – CP – KIA
1st Lt. Argyle E. Hanscom – N – KIA
2nd Lt. Franklin J. McDonald – B – KIA
2nd Lt. Boyd W. Ebel – FE – KIA
Sgt. Louis L. Pfeifer – RO – KIA
Cpl. Wallace E. Martin – CFC – KIA
S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood – RG – KIA
S/Sgt. John Fowler – LG – KIA
T/Sgt. Paul H. Coburn – R – KIA
S/Sgt. Rube E. Puckett, Jr. – TG – KIA
By: Find A Grave contributor Loren Bender
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Warren served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Gunner on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Nebraska prior to the war.
Warren was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37468046
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, Texas
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, Nebraska
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, Kansas
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Hampshire
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, Missouri
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, Connecticut
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Florida
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Alabama
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, Nebraska
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42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – 792nd Bomb Squadron – Delivered to the USAAF on 6/3/44 – Model B-29-30-BW – Departed Morrison for India on 7/23/44 and gained by the 468th Bomb Group on 8/27/44.
India Combat Missions – 4
Hump Missions – 2
Omura raid October 25, 1944.
42-24504 A/C Major Parsons, crashed approximately one minute after take off. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Capt. Harold Barber accompanied Major Parsons and crew for a checkout mission, he had just arrived from the States with a new plane and crew. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight.
Crew:
Maj. Edward F. Parsons – AC – KIA
Capt. Harold W. Barber – CP – KIA
1st Lt. Argyle E. Hanscom – N – KIA
2nd Lt. Franklin J. McDonald – B – KIA
2nd Lt. Boyd W. Ebel – FE – KIA
Sgt. Louis L. Pfeifer – RO – KIA
Cpl. Wallace E. Martin – CFC – KIA
S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood – RG – KIA
S/Sgt. John Fowler – LG – KIA
T/Sgt. Paul H. Coburn – R – KIA
S/Sgt. Rube E. Puckett, Jr. – TG – KIA
By: Find A Grave contributor Loren Bender
∼
Warren served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Gunner on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Nebraska prior to the war.
Warren was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37468046
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, Texas
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, Nebraska
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, Kansas
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Hampshire
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, Missouri
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, Connecticut
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Florida
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Alabama
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, Nebraska
He also has a memorial marker at the Page Cemetery in Page, NE.
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42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – 792nd Bomb Squadron – Delivered to the USAAF on 6/3/44 – Model B-29-30-BW – Departed Morrison for India on 7/23/44 and gained by the 468th Bomb Group on 8/27/44.
India Combat Missions – 4
Hump Missions – 2
Omura raid October 25, 1944.
42-24504 A/C Major Parsons, crashed approximately one minute after take off. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Capt. Harold Barber accompanied Major Parsons and crew for a checkout mission, he had just arrived from the States with a new plane and crew. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight.
Crew:
Maj. Edward F. Parsons – AC – KIA
Capt. Harold W. Barber – CP – KIA
1st Lt. Argyle E. Hanscom – N – KIA
2nd Lt. Franklin J. McDonald – B – KIA
2nd Lt. Boyd W. Ebel – FE – KIA
Sgt. Louis L. Pfeifer – RO – KIA
Cpl. Wallace E. Martin – CFC – KIA
S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood – RG – KIA
S/Sgt. John Fowler – LG – KIA
T/Sgt. Paul H. Coburn – R – KIA
S/Sgt. Rube E. Puckett, Jr. – TG – KIA
By: Find A Grave contributor Loren Bender
∼
Warren served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Gunner on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Nebraska prior to the war.
Warren was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37468046
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, Texas
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, Nebraska
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, Kansas
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Hampshire
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, Missouri
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, Connecticut
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Florida
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Alabama
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, Nebraska
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42-24504 – "Gunga Din" – 792nd Bomb Squadron – Delivered to the USAAF on 6/3/44 – Model B-29-30-BW – Departed Morrison for India on 7/23/44 and gained by the 468th Bomb Group on 8/27/44.
India Combat Missions – 4
Hump Missions – 2
Omura raid October 25, 1944.
42-24504 A/C Major Parsons, crashed approximately one minute after take off. All crewmembers were KIA and 42-24504 was a total loss. Capt. Harold Barber accompanied Major Parsons and crew for a checkout mission, he had just arrived from the States with a new plane and crew. Takeoff was at night so to arrive over Omura in the early hours of daylight.
Crew:
Maj. Edward F. Parsons – AC – KIA
Capt. Harold W. Barber – CP – KIA
1st Lt. Argyle E. Hanscom – N – KIA
2nd Lt. Franklin J. McDonald – B – KIA
2nd Lt. Boyd W. Ebel – FE – KIA
Sgt. Louis L. Pfeifer – RO – KIA
Cpl. Wallace E. Martin – CFC – KIA
S/Sgt. Warren F. Wood – RG – KIA
S/Sgt. John Fowler – LG – KIA
T/Sgt. Paul H. Coburn – R – KIA
S/Sgt. Rube E. Puckett, Jr. – TG – KIA
By: Find A Grave contributor Loren Bender
∼
Warren served as a Staff Sergeant & Right Gunner on B-29 "Gunga Din" #42-24504, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Nebraska prior to the war.
Warren was "Killed In Action" when his B-29, minutes after taking off from the airfield at Chengdu, China at night, crashed during the war. They were taking off on a bombing mission to an aircraft plant in Omura, Japan.
He was originally interred at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and was later re-interred here on June 8, 1949.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37468046
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24504:
Barber, Harold W ~ Capt, Co-Pilot, New Jersey
Coburn, Paul H ~ T/Sgt, Radar Operator, Texas
Ebel, Boyd W ~ 2nd Lt, Flt Eng, Nebraska
Fowler, John W ~ S/Sgt, Left Gunner, Kansas
Hanscom, Argyle E ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Hampshire
Martin, Wallace B ~ Corp, CFC, Missouri
McDonald, Franklin J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Parsons, Edward F ~ Major, Pilot, Connecticut
Pfeifer, Louis L. ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, Florida
Puckett, Rube E, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Alabama
Wood, Warren F ~ S/Sgt, Right Gunner, Nebraska
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