Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER FLIGHT ENGINEER, WHO WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 14, 1944 DURING A HIGH ALTITUDE FORMATION TRAINING MISSION. EIGHT OTHER CREWMEN ALSO DIED WHEN THE BOMBER SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.