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2LT Floyd V Bair

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2LT Floyd V Bair

Birth
English River Township, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Death
31 Oct 1943 (aged 26)
Thornburg, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Second Lieutenant Bair was killed piloting
U.S. Army Air Corps B-25C Mitchell #41-13262,
in a mid-air collision with the top of a pine
tree in the front yard of his parents home just
outside the east edge of Thornburg, Iowa.
The impact tore off part of the tail assembly.
The plane continued northwesterly over the town
then crashed and burned within about two miles.

472ND BOMB SQUADRON, 334TH BOMB GROUP,
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, WORLD WAR II.

Five other airmen also perished:

2nd Lt. Robert J Love
2nd Lt. Robert L Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S Weaver, Jr
Pvt. Robert L Craig
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Thanks to contributor Patrick Gregan for providing additional details to this memorial.
Second Lieutenant Bair was killed piloting
U.S. Army Air Corps B-25C Mitchell #41-13262,
in a mid-air collision with the top of a pine
tree in the front yard of his parents home just
outside the east edge of Thornburg, Iowa.
The impact tore off part of the tail assembly.
The plane continued northwesterly over the town
then crashed and burned within about two miles.

472ND BOMB SQUADRON, 334TH BOMB GROUP,
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, WORLD WAR II.

Five other airmen also perished:

2nd Lt. Robert J Love
2nd Lt. Robert L Miller
2nd Lt. Roy G Schott, Jr.
S/Sgt. William S Weaver, Jr
Pvt. Robert L Craig
~
Thanks to contributor Patrick Gregan for providing additional details to this memorial.

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