World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
David R. Oakey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Salem, Virginia
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A PILOT OF A MARTIN B-26 ‘MARAUDER’ MEDIUM BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 18, 1943 ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER CREWMEN ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TO PRATT, KANSAS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NORTH OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO OF AN UNKNOWN CAUSE AND WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL JULY 27, 1944.