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World War II Honoree

Killed In Action

Franklin Warfield Crowe

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

B-29 Superfortress Airplane Command Pilot, serial #42-65348, Call Sign: A-Square-16, 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 869th Bomb Squadron, Isley Airfield, Saipan, Mariana Islands. On 1 June 1945, the aircraft was hit in the #1 engine over the target at Osaka, Japan. The plane was then shot down by fighters and crashed in a mountain south of Osaka.