World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Fred Gentry
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Decatur, Illinois
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER OF A B-17F ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED FEBRUARY 26, 1944 WHILE ON A CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING MISSION FROM LOWRY ARMY AIR FIELD DENVER, COLORADO TO CLOVIS ARMY AIR FIELD CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. NINE OTHER CREWMEN ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED WEST OF PALMER LAKE, COLORADO.