World War II Honoree

Mac B. Whitington

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Moberly, Missouri

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

HE WAS A 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.