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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

James R. Bettcher

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Logansport, Indiana

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

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Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A B-29 ‘SUPERFORTRESS’ BOMBER PILOT, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 8, 1945. TWELVE OTHER CREWMEMBERS WERE ALSO KILLED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO, COLORADO. THE SUPERFORTRESS SUFFERED STRUCTURAL FAILURE AND BROKE UP DURING ITS MISSION AFTER ENCOUNTERING EXTREME AIR TURBULENCE IN THE VICINITY OF A THUNDERSTORM.