George Withee, 331st Bomb Gp, 356th Bomb Sq, on board the B-17 at the time of the crash furnished the following information.
Training flight on B-17 aircraft April 10, 1945
Crashed at McCook, NE
Capt Charles L. Hynds Lt. Charles T. Armstrong
Lt. Virgil A. Jordan TSgt Bernard P. Greeley
1st Lt. Earle R. Smith

For your information, onboard B17 #42-6071 at the time of the crash:
(* Passenger killed in the crash)
LtCol Hadley V. Saehlenou Pilot
Major Gerald J. Crossen Copilot
*Capt Charles L. Hynds Passenger
1stLt Allan J. Nuszloch Passenger
*1stLt Earle R. G. Smith Passenger
*1stLt Charles T. Armstrong Passenger
*1stLt Virgil H. Jordan Passenger
2ndLt George M. Withee Passenger
*T/Sgt Bernard P. Greely Passenger
T/Sgt F. K. Horan Engineer
Cpl William H. Davies Passenger
Cpl Richard A. Miesch Passenger
Cpl Leon S. Mieczkowski Passenger
Cpl Irvin Mertz Passenger

Since seven of the passengers were from crew 6C4 (two were killed and one spent a year in the hospital) the crew was no longer functional, and was disbanded. I do not know the reassignment of all the members of 6C4, but some were transferred to 6B3, 6C3 and 7A4. I was reassigned to 6B5 as the pilot.

This crash occurred the same day that our Commander-in-Chief (FDR) died. It was a night and a day that I shall never forget!


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September 7, 2005