World War II Honoree

Edward J. Foley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Jerry Penry

RANK: CORPORAL. SERVED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER OF A C-53 ‘SKYTROOPER’ TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 10, 1943 DURING A SIX AIRCRAFT FLIGHT FORMATION-TRAINING MISSION. DURING AN ATTEMPTED CROSSOVER MANEUVER, HIS AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A C-47 'SKYTRAIN' TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. THE MID-AIR COLLISION CAUSED BOTH TRANSPORTS TO SPIRAL DOWNWARD, OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED WEST OF HEMINGFORD, NEBRASKA. ALL FOUR CREWMEN FROM EACH AIRCRAFT, WHO WERE STATIONED AT THE NEBRASKA ALLIANCE ARMY AIRFIELD, WERE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT.