Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Atlanta, Georgia
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A PILOT OF A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED APRIL 5, 1944 WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.