Isla Pinzón: July 30, 1942 crash
of LB-30 aircraft AL629
The Search Team | ||
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Captain | Ernest G. Israel | 932nd AAA |
1st Lieutenant | Michael A. Manestar | Hq. Squadron, 15th Serv. |
1st Lieutenant | Sam W. Smith | 6th Bomber Command |
S/Sgt. | Victor W. Halford | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
Tech Sgt. | Albert A. Gaudreault | 29th Bombardment Squadron |
Sergeant | Glen L. McClung | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
Sergeant | Robert A. Moore | 29th Bombardment Squadron |
Sergeant | Charles M. Tracy | 926th QM Boat Co. |
Sergeant | Edward F. Vidic | 29th Bombardment Squadron |
Technician/4 | George E. Hayes | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
Corporal | Orlen B. Card | 29th Bombardment Squadro |
Corporal | John M. Eades | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
Corporal | Carl E. Mellin | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
Corporal | Robert Phillips | Hq. Squadron, 15th Serv |
Private | Robert B. Miller | Hq. Battery, 932nd AAA |
LB-30 Crew | ||
Lieutenant | William R. Ussery | 3rd Bombardment Squadron |
Lieutenant | Richard E. A. Regula | |
Lieutenant | Robert L. Forrester | |
Mstr. Sergeant | Paul Knoppke | |
Sergeant | William R. Coulter, Jr. | |
Sergeant | Charles J. Korpi | |
Sergeant | Loyd W. Miller | |
(8 grave markers in photo; one crew member name unknown) |
October 31, 1943: Search Team prior to boarding Army crash boat p-94
Grave markers improvised from wreckage
Members of the Search Team
Plane wreck photographed in 2002
50 calibre bullets found near plane wreck