Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New Orleans, Louisiana
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A COPILOT OF A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 3, 1943 ALONG WITH 9 CREW MEMBERS DURING A LONG DISTANCE NIGHTTIME TRAINING MISSION. DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE AND LOSS OF CONTROL, THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PUEBLO, COLORADO.