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Casualty Info
Home Town Jackson, Michigan
Last Address Ramitelli Airfield, Foggia, Italy
Casualty Date Oct 07, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died while Missing
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Adriatic Sea
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Sicily-Rome, Italy
On Oct 7, 1944, during a bomber escort mission to Vienna, Austria, he reported that his oxygen supply was low. A flight mate led him to a lower altitude, where he almost ran into the flight mate and then crashed into the Adriatic near the coast of Yugoslavia. One can guess that he had hypoxia but was not able to recover from it quickly enough after reaching the lower altitude. Low overcast was also a contributing problem.
His remains were not recovered; he is memorialized in Nettuno, Italy. He was officially declared dead Oct 8, 1945.
