Actual date of loss may be June 5 1942.
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the service from Michigan.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
PBY 42-P-11 crashed into the slope of Kiska volcano, all killed. Wreckage was found 60 years later.
Late morning on 4 June 42, the second day of the Battle of Dutch Harbor, Ensign Freerks flying PBY 41-P-11 made radar and visual contact with the Japanese carrier fleet. During Ens Freerks' patrol the seas were too rough for the Japanese combat air patrol to launch from their carriers. Lieutenant (jg) Stockstill flying PBY 42-P-11 relieved Ens Freerks and trailed the Japanese carriers. Soon after the weather had cleared, and the Zeros had launched, intercepted and shot down PBY 42-P-11 in flames.
Crew killed:
LTJG Eugene W. Stockstill, Pilot
AP1C Merlyn B. Dawson
AP1C Henry M. Mitchell
AM1C Cyril A. Day
ARM3C Glen E. Ray
RM3C Oscar J. Alford
S1C David D. Secord
S1C Frank E. Birks
He married Salonge Grande in 1942 shortly before being lost in WWII.
Actual date of loss may be June 5 1942.
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the service from Michigan.
Air Medal, Purple Heart
PBY 42-P-11 crashed into the slope of Kiska volcano, all killed. Wreckage was found 60 years later.
Late morning on 4 June 42, the second day of the Battle of Dutch Harbor, Ensign Freerks flying PBY 41-P-11 made radar and visual contact with the Japanese carrier fleet. During Ens Freerks' patrol the seas were too rough for the Japanese combat air patrol to launch from their carriers. Lieutenant (jg) Stockstill flying PBY 42-P-11 relieved Ens Freerks and trailed the Japanese carriers. Soon after the weather had cleared, and the Zeros had launched, intercepted and shot down PBY 42-P-11 in flames.
Crew killed:
LTJG Eugene W. Stockstill, Pilot
AP1C Merlyn B. Dawson
AP1C Henry M. Mitchell
AM1C Cyril A. Day
ARM3C Glen E. Ray
RM3C Oscar J. Alford
S1C David D. Secord
S1C Frank E. Birks
He married Salonge Grande in 1942 shortly before being lost in WWII.
Family Members
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Vera Secord
1900–1900
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Erma Jeanette "Greta" Secord Klegman
1901–1990
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Sarah Jennie "Mabel" Secord Judson
1902–1945
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Florence Secord
1905–1905
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Ada Pearl "June" Secord Zivkovich
1906–1959
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William Charles "Willie" Secord
1908–1910
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Graham Lewis Secord
1913–1954
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Roland Eugene Secord
1915–1945
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Rev Darwin E. Secord
1921–2010
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