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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Irving Herson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERGEANT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON 'BLACK PIRATES', 90TH BOMB GROUP (JOLLY ROGERS), FIFTH AIR FORCE, IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS A PASSENGER FLYING WITH LARK MARTIN AND PART OF HIS CREW THAT WERE TESTING A PLANE WHICH WAS GETTING READY FOR COMBAT. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, IT CRASHED IN FRIENDLY WATERS. HE WAS KILLED SEPTEMBER 2, 1943.