2nd Lieutenant Baker was a passenger aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.
During a flight from McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber experienced structural failures due to severe icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan Field in Sacramento before it could make an emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
Capt. Fred M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Ray D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck
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Service ID: O-579790.
B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.
During a flight from McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber experienced structural failures due to severe icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan Field in Sacramento before it could make an emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
Capt. Fred M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Ray D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck
~
Service ID: O-579790.
2nd Lieutenant Baker was a passenger aboard U.S. Army Air Corps
B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.
During a flight from McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber experienced structural failures due to severe icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan Field in Sacramento before it could make an emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
Capt. Fred M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Ray D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck
~
Service ID: O-579790.
B-17G Flying Fortress #42-40024.
During a flight from McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington to Kingman, Arizona, the bomber experienced structural failures due to severe icing conditions, and crashed near McClellan Field in Sacramento before it could make an emergency landing.
All thirteen Army personnel aboard perished.
Killed aboard were:
Capt. Fred M Klopfenstein (pilot)
2nd Lt. Charles W Williams (co-pilot)
Maj. Frank Winkler
2nd Lt. James L Battle
Capt. William L McCurdy
2nd Lt. Thomas A Quirk
2nd Lt. Arthur H Thompson
2nd Lt. James S Randall
T/Sgt. Gerald Z Bearg
Cpl. Ray D Glaser
Cpl. Lloyd W Krohn
Pvt. Clifford J Tuck
~
Service ID: O-579790.
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