World War II Honoree

Moses Zepkin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

HE WAS A GUNNER OF A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 DURING A LONG-RANGE CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING MISSION FROM LOWRY ARMY AIR FIELD, DENVER, COLORADO TO CALIFORNIA. DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT, NINE CREWMEN AND TWO PASSENGERS DIED WHEN THE BOMBER, DUE TO CONTROL PROBLEMS, FELL OUT OF FORMATION AND CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN NEAR BAILEY, COLORADO.