A B-29 Superfortress navigator killed in a tragic training accident shortly before he was scheduled to ship out for the Pacific
Category: U.S. Army Air Forces
Sergeant Steiner S. Straw, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces armorer killed in a tragic accident at an airfield in Sardinia
Sergeant Clyde H. Breckenridge (1924–1944)
A B-24 gunner in the ill-fated 492nd Bomb Group killed during a costly raid on Germany
Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
2nd Lieutenant William J. Harden (1921–1944)
A young graduate of Salesianum High School and the University of Delaware who became an Army Air Forces bombardier
Private Robert P. Mulreaney, Jr. (1916–1944)
A Pennsylvanian in the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion whose final act of sacrifice saved his brother's life
Staff Sergeant George H. Devine (1909–1944)
A B-24 gunner who lost his life when he bailed out over the North Sea after his plane was hit on a mission to Germany
Sergeant Martin Eisenman (1916–1944)
An aircraft mechanic from Wilmington caught in the ill-fated Philippine Islands during his second enlistment in the U.S. Army
Sergeant Morton Carlis (1924–1944)
A B-17 radio operator from Wilmington killed in a crash in Poland
Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)
A special feature on a Eighth Air Force bombardier who made it home and later assisted with several profiles on this site
