Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Gray County, Texas
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A COPILOT OF A T-23A TRAINER, WHO WAS KILLED FEBRUARY 17, 1944 DURING A LOCAL TRANSITION TRAINING MISSION. THREE OTHER CREW MEMBERS ALSO DIED WHEN THE T-23A, A CONVERTED VERSION OF THE MARTIN B-26B ‘MARAUDER’ MEDIUM BOMBER CRASHED NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.