World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Samuel P. Bakshas
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wolf Point, Montana
Honored By
Daughter-in-law
HE SERVED AS A MAJOR AND AN AIRCRAFT COMMANDER. HE FLEW IN THE GREAT TOKYO AIR RAID WITH INCENDIARY BOMBS. HIS PLANE WAS ONE OF TEN PLANES THAT WERE LOST ON MARCH 10, 1945 AT ITABASHI-MURA 'NOW INA-CHO' JAPAN. THE CREW WAS HONORED IN JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 BY VILLAGERS WHO LIVED, WHERE THE CRASH HAPPENED. 'SEE JAPAN TIMES 9/11/01, MEMORIAL ERECTED FOR DOWNED B-29 CREW'. NO PUBLICITY WAS GIVEN IN THE U.S. DUE TO OUR OWN 9/11 ATTACK, THAT SAME DAY!