COMMENTS & NOTES
MEMO 1:
CREW
LT JOHN T. RAY P KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
LT RICHARD H. REED CP KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
LT DAVID I. DUNNING NAV KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
T/SGT ALEXANDER DEC KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
T/SGT LLOYD L. BALL KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
S/SGT MILTON D. JOHNSON, JR KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
S/SGT WILLMER C. FANKHANEL KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
S/SGT JOSEPH F. PERKINS KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
S/SGT CLAUDE W. SEIFERT KIC 20 FEB 43 WALLA WALLA, WS
351ST SQDN…..THIS CREW WAS KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT AT WALL WALLA. IT WAS THE ONLY FATALITIES THE 100TH EXPERIENCED ON TRAINING PEROID. (NEARLY SIX MONTHS)
VANCE R. BOSWELL, THE REGULAR BOMBARDIER, HAD A COLD ON 20 FEB 43 AND DID NOT FLY. LT BOSWELL JOINED THE CREW OF SAM TURNER AND WAS INTERNED IN SWITZERLAND..
a message dated 2/10/2009 8:53:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, perkins1b@charter.net writes:
My brother, S/SGT Joseph F. Perkins, waist gunner, was killed, along with all the crew in a training accident flying out of Walla Walla, February 20, 1943. He was my oldest brother. I was 5 years old at the time. The bombardier on that training crew, Vance Boswell, had a cold and couldn't fly. He went on to fly in Europe with quite a history himself. I am enclosing a picture of my brother, Joe, and a picture of the Vance Boswell crew. I don't know where either of these pictures were taken.
Thank you
David Perkins
Fort Worth, Texas
MEMO 2:
LT John Thomas Ray
BIRTH 19 Jun 1915
DEATH 11 Feb 1943 (aged 27)
Columbia County, Washington, USA
BURIAL
Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
PLOT Azalea Corridor, North Wall, Tier 3
MEMORIAL ID 77875732 ·