US WWII USAAF Pilot Memorial, B-24 Crash Las Vegas Nevada 1945
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $95.00

Original era photography and paperwork. An interesting grouping of photographs and documents honoring the service and sacrifice of Lt. Frank Carter USAAF. He was serving as a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator when it crashed on the 17th of September 1945. Killed in service when TB-24J Liberator#42-78549 ran out of fuel and crashed inrugged terrain, 38 miles north of Deeth,Nevada, while the air crew were attemptingto return to base at Gowen Field, Idaho,during a nighttime training flight.One crew member was able to bail out andattempt to parachute but received a fatalinjury to his neck upon striking rocks.Killed in service were:1st Lt. William C Boedeker, Pilot2nd Lt. William F Carter III2nd Lt. David M BakerSgt. David C BoswellSgt. Robert L JordanCpl. Bernard E CrawfordCpl. Harold W Johnson