World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Joseph Harold Helderman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey
Honored By
Larry E. Carptenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR OF A B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED FEBRUARY 21, 1944 DURING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING MISSION. SIX OTHER CREWMEN ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR EADS, COLORADO.