World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Earl Engle
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Price, Utah
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Graduated with Advanced Pilot Class 43-B at Williams Army Air Field near Chandler, Arizona. Airplane Commander flying in the left seat, aboard B-29 Superfortress nicknamed 'Draggin Lady', serial #42-24694 (tail code Z-Square-6), 881st Bomb Squadron, 500th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, stationed at Isley Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. On 23 February 1945, killed when Z-Square-6 crashed in the ocean off Saipan.