Memorial plaque located at Nu'Uanu Pali Lookout, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Less than 300 yards from here, on April 5, 1942, ten Army Air Corps aviators perished in the service of their country.
FIRST LT CHARLES O ALLAN
SECOND LT JAMES W BUSHEE
FIRST LT WARD COX, JR
SSGT MATHIAS E DONART
SGT WILBERT L GRAVITT
SSGT EDWARD L HAKES
CPL JOHN F MORRIS
CPL JOHN E MUCKEY
SSGT LUTHER L PERRY, JR
MSSGT JESSE L SCHNEIDER
They crashed their B-17E "Flying Fortress," Serial 41-2443, returning from a routine combat patrol mission around Hawaii searching for enemy forces. They crashed in foul weather and darkness on a bleak Easter Sunday evening that claimed two patrolling combat crews within 10 miles of each other.
This plaque placed by the Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society
on the 65th Anniversary of the crash.
You are not forgotten…"
Memorial plaque located at Nu'Uanu Pali Lookout, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Less than 300 yards from here, on April 5, 1942, ten Army Air Corps aviators perished in the service of their country.
FIRST LT CHARLES O ALLAN
SECOND LT JAMES W BUSHEE
FIRST LT WARD COX, JR
SSGT MATHIAS E DONART
SGT WILBERT L GRAVITT
SSGT EDWARD L HAKES
CPL JOHN F MORRIS
CPL JOHN E MUCKEY
SSGT LUTHER L PERRY, JR
MSSGT JESSE L SCHNEIDER
They crashed their B-17E "Flying Fortress," Serial 41-2443, returning from a routine combat patrol mission around Hawaii searching for enemy forces. They crashed in foul weather and darkness on a bleak Easter Sunday evening that claimed two patrolling combat crews within 10 miles of each other.
This plaque placed by the Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society
on the 65th Anniversary of the crash.
You are not forgotten…"
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