World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ray Lee Crowe
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Mountain City, Tennessee
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A PILOT OF AN F-5A, A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE VERSION OF THE P-38 LIGHTNING FIGHTER, WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH DECEMBER 24, 1942. HIS AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC STRUCTURAL FAILURE AND DOVE INTO THE GROUND NEAR KARVAL, COLORADO.