(From 36th Bomber Squadron History. entry for 30 Sept. 1942.)
Ramputi and Hetrick took off at 1500 on a photo mission of Kiska Harbor. At 28,000 feet, there was a sudden wxplosion and the numer 2 engine failed, on Hetrick's ship. The waist gunner called a SOS over the interphone and the ship was dropped at nearly 4,000 feet a minute to reach a lower altitude. Investigation showed that the supercharger had failed and a portion of the turbine wheel which had struck the lower turret, mortally wounding Private Curtis.
It was impossible to remove Private Curtis from the landing. He lived for about two hours.
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WWII deceased returned from Adak Island Post Cemetery No. 2, Alaska.
Ramputi and Hetrick took off at 1500 on a photo mission of Kiska Harbor. At 28,000 feet, there was a sudden wxplosion and the numer 2 engine failed, on Hetrick's ship. The waist gunner called a SOS over the interphone and the ship was dropped at nearly 4,000 feet a minute to reach a lower altitude. Investigation showed that the supercharger had failed and a portion of the turbine wheel which had struck the lower turret, mortally wounding Private Curtis.
It was impossible to remove Private Curtis from the landing. He lived for about two hours.
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WWII deceased returned from Adak Island Post Cemetery No. 2, Alaska.
(From 36th Bomber Squadron History. entry for 30 Sept. 1942.)
Ramputi and Hetrick took off at 1500 on a photo mission of Kiska Harbor. At 28,000 feet, there was a sudden wxplosion and the numer 2 engine failed, on Hetrick's ship. The waist gunner called a SOS over the interphone and the ship was dropped at nearly 4,000 feet a minute to reach a lower altitude. Investigation showed that the supercharger had failed and a portion of the turbine wheel which had struck the lower turret, mortally wounding Private Curtis.
It was impossible to remove Private Curtis from the landing. He lived for about two hours.
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WWII deceased returned from Adak Island Post Cemetery No. 2, Alaska.
Ramputi and Hetrick took off at 1500 on a photo mission of Kiska Harbor. At 28,000 feet, there was a sudden wxplosion and the numer 2 engine failed, on Hetrick's ship. The waist gunner called a SOS over the interphone and the ship was dropped at nearly 4,000 feet a minute to reach a lower altitude. Investigation showed that the supercharger had failed and a portion of the turbine wheel which had struck the lower turret, mortally wounding Private Curtis.
It was impossible to remove Private Curtis from the landing. He lived for about two hours.
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WWII deceased returned from Adak Island Post Cemetery No. 2, Alaska.
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