World War II Honoree

Walter E. Pharo

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tuckerton, New Jersey

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

HE WAS AN ASSISTANT FLIGHT ENGINEER OF A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 28, 1943 DURING A HIGH ALTITUDE BOMBING AND INSTRUMENT TRAINING MISSION. TWELVE CREWMEN DIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED 28 MILES SOUTH OF FT. MORGAN, COLORADO. A MEMORIAL MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED AT THE CRASH SITE IN MEMORY OF THESE AIRMEN.