World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Michael M. Goldstop
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE, 1156TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, PASSENGER ON JAMES E. GUMAER'S PLANE, B-24 LIBERATOR 'TEXAS TERROR', 400TH SQUADRON (BLACK PIRATES), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON DECEMBER 18, 1942, THE PLANE WAS BEING FLOW TO IRON RANGE FOR DELIVERY TO THE 90TH BOMB GROUP. BECAUSE OF A SEVERE STORM, THE PLANE CRASHED INTO MOUNT STRALOCH ON HINCHINBROOK ISLAND. FIVE CREW MEMBERS AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE KILLED.