Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Gaffney, South Carolina
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS AN ASSISTANT FLIGHT ENGINEER 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.