When a bombardier fell from a crippled B-24, a Czech town came together to honor him: “You died-- but in our hearts you live!”
Category: U.S. Army Air Forces
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943)
An N.C.O. in an all-black aviation engineer unit lost in a little known disaster at sea in the Pacific
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945)
A soldier involved in U.S. Army Air Forces training stateside whose tragic death was published by the press before his family was notified
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944)
A major and senior controller in a bomb wing by 24, who vanished during a flight
Staff Sergeant William T. Stewart, III (1917–1943)
A young father who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Captain Richard M. Durbin (1920–1944)
A DuPont mechanical engineer turned fighter pilot who flew 46 combat missions over Europe
Sergeant Arthur Johnston, Jr. (1923–1944)
An airplane mechanic-gunner whose detachment calibrated ground radar installations in the Aleutian Islands
1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces pilot who lost his life in a mysterious plane crash during crew training
Corporal Vollie C. Hudson (1920–1945)
An N.C.O. in an Army Air Forces maintenance unit whose last furlough home before going overseas proved tragic
Delaware's World War II Fallen 