The mid-air collision of two Curtiss P-40 fighters over Wyandanch on February 6, 1941, killed one army pilot John H. Eakin, whose fighter plane crashed on Main Avenue, the other piloted by Joseph T. H. Laycock came to earth on Long Island Avenue near Little East Neck Road. Laycock survived the crash.
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CPL Chester A Nowak
BIRTH 18 May 1918 Michigan, USA DEATH 3 May 1942 (aged 23) USA BURIAL Holy Cross Cemetery Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA PLOT 34-16 Radio operator on Flying Fortress 34th Bombardier Squadron Pendleton Field, Pendleton Oregon |
John Hilton Starr
BIRTH 1921 Canada DEATH 5 May 1942 (aged 20–21) BURIAL Westlawn Cemetery Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA PLOTSection 3, Lot 334, Grave 1 |
2 LT. James Merill Brown
BIRTH 11 Jan 1917 DEATH 3 May 1942 (aged 25) Oregon, USA BURIAL Pleasant Hill North Cemetery Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA |
S Sgt Harry G Cameron
BIRTH 30 Oct 1914 DEATH 3 May 1942 (aged 27) BURIALOak Grove Cemetery Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA PLOT WWII Section, Row A, Grave 25 Memorial in front of Franklin School, Central Ave.
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William Forrest
Photo courtesy of Kathy Merris Mills Sgt William Alton “Bus” Forrest
BIRTH 13 Jul 1919 DEATH 3 May 1942 (aged 22) BURIALChestnut Hill Cemetery Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
SSGT Richard A Carmichael BIRTH1916 DEATH3 May 1942 (aged 25–26) Meacham, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA BURIALVine Lake Cemetery Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA PLOTSection 8 |
410608 B-18 36-301 16RS Boisie, ID KCR 5 Motherwell, David N USA WY 15 miles east of Lyman, WY 301 (MSN 1689) with 16th RS at Boise, ID. W/o in fatal crash Jun 8, 1941, 15 mi E of Lyman, WY during a bad ice storm enroute to Chicago on a pre-war training mission . Also killed were: Capt. David N Motherwell, Pilot 2 LT John V Gallagher 1st Lt. Theodore F Holsteen 2nd Lt. Lyman K Harvey SSgt. Terence J McGurgan SSgt. Dallas E Hawley |
Portrait courtesy Richard Howell
Grave photo by Star Kline
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Capt David Northup Motherwell
BIRTH 4 Jan 1906 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA DEATH 8 Jun 1941 (aged 35) Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, USA BURIAL Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA PLOT Sec: 2, Site: 4730 Died Non-Battle. Interred on June 17, 1941. West Point United States Military Academy, Class of 1931 |