World War II Honoree

Edmond J. Fallon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

SERVED AS A B-29 ‘SUPERFORTRESS’ BOMBER NAVIGATOR INSTRUCTOR, 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.