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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Bonnie Jean Alloway Welz

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bridgeport, Washington

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

CLASS: 43-W-6. REPORTED FOR TRAINING TO BECOME A WASP (WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS) ON (EASTER SUNDAY) APRIL 25, 1943 AT AVENGER FIELD IN SWEETWATER, TEXAS. SHE GRADUATED AND BECAME A WASP ON OCTOBER 9, 1943. WAS SENT TO DODGE CITY, KANSAS FOR B-26 TRAINING AND WAS THEN STATIONED AT HARLINGEN ARMY AIR FIELD IN HARLINGEN, TEXAS (A B-26 FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL). SHE WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A BT-13 NEAR RANDADO, TEXAS, WHILE ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE FLIGHT.