World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John W. Bancroft
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rochester, New York
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A COPILOT OF A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 27, 1943 ALONG WITH NINE OTHER CREWMEN. THEIR AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.