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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Irving D. Cornell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Shannock, Rhode Island

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

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Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER FLIGHT ENGINEER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 16, 1944 ALONG WITH THE COPILOT DURING A NIGHTTIME TRANSITION TRAINING MISSION. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT PUEBLO, COLORADO ARMY AIR FIELD AND CRASHED INTO SOME RISING TERRAIN NEAR PEYTON, COLORADO.