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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Charles A. Gibson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

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Activity During WWII

SERVED AS AN AVIATION CADET STUDENT PILOT IN AN AT-24A ADVANCED TRAINER, WHO WAS KILLED JUNE 12, 1944 DURING A NIGHTTIME TRANSITION-TRAINING MISSION. THE AT-24A, A CONVERTED VERSION OF THE B-25D ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM BOMBER CRASHED NEAR LA JUNTA ARMY AIR FIELD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO.