Lost Airmen Memorial
Naper, Nebraska
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Lost Airmen of World War IIOn August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper during a sever storm. There were no survivors. It was the largest single military air disaster in Nebraska history. The plane was in flight from the Bruning, Nebraska, Army Air Field to Pierre, South Dakota, where the men would complete gunnery training before going overseas. A monument in nearby Knollcrest Cemetery Honors their sacrifice. |
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LOST AIRMENAug. 3, 1944FLIGHT CREWCapt. Stanley J. Meadows, C-47 PilotCapt. Robert K. "Bud" Boyle, C-47 Co-Pilot Sgt. Orson H. Hutslar, C-47 Crew Chief PASSENGERSCapt. Leslie B. Roberts, Flight SurgeonF/O John F. Albert 2nd Lt. William F. Acree 2nd Lt. William C. Armstrong 2nd Lt. Millard F. Arnett Jr. 2nd Lt. Herbert A. Blakeslee 2nd Lt. Jack L. Brown 2nd Lt. Richard E. Brown 2nd Lt. James C. Burke 2nd Lt. George E. Boeckmann 2nd Lt. Donald C. Clarkson 2nd Lt. Arthur Johnson 2nd Lt. Lloyd C. Hemphill 1st Lt. Clayton R. Jolley 1st Lt. Leonard R. Jolley 2nd Lt. Gerald C. Keller 2nd Lt. Jack E. Lytle 2nd Lt. Robert E. Nesbitt Jr. 2nd Lt. Bernard W. O'Malley 2nd Lt. Anthony J. Paladino 2nd Lt. Bruce S. Patterson 2nd Lt. Lelan A. Pope 2nd Lt. Charles V. Porter 2nd Lt. Pat N. Roberts Jr. 2nd Lt. Lavon Sehorn |
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