His crew took off on a training flight mere days before they were scheduled to go overseas
Tag: Training accident
1st Lieutenant Louis J. Deputy (1918–1944)
An Eighth Air Force copilot who was most of the way through his combat tour when he took off for a night training flight with another crew
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class George A. Quigg (1924–1944)
An Atlas Powder Company employee turned Navy aircrewman
2nd Lieutenant Belford S. Dunn (1923–1944)
A training mission on a beautiful California morning took a tragic turn
2nd Lieutenant Walter M. Boggs, Jr. (1921–1944)
He was on the verge of graduating from training as a naval aviator
Aviation Cadet William E. Hairsine (1922–1943)
A young Navy aviation cadet involved in a tragic crash early in his training
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class William A. Funk (1922–1944)
An aviation machinist’s mate aboard a TBM-1C Avenger involved in a stateside training accident
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
2nd Lieutenant James C. Clark (1919–1944)
A B-29 Superfortress navigator killed in a tragic training accident shortly before he was scheduled to ship out for the Pacific
