Pfc. Elbert C. Johnson DNB
Home: Alabama.
Squadron: #2123rd Air Force Base Unit
Service ID: 14150419.
Awards:
Target: Training
Mission Date: 8-Jan-45
Serial Number: # 41-35789
Aircraft Model TB-26B
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Near Brownsville Texas
Cause: Mid air Collision with 41-35829
Crew of 5 Killed total of 9 crew
Killed in a mid-air collision of TB-26C Marauder #41-35829 with another TB-26 training plane, five miles east of Brownsville Army Airfield, Texas. The twin-engine bombers collided at about 5,000 feet elevation and both plunged into a lake in the La Burrita vicinity of Matamoros, Mexico. All nine men aboard both aircraft were killed.
Investigators speculated the pilots engaged in unauthorized mock aerial combat maneuvers, colliding from opposing directions, while awaiting the arrival of a delayed B-24 Liberator to the vicinity that they were to practice gunnery skills with.
Crew of TB-26C #41-35829:
FLT O Thomas L Jones, T-006613, CA, Pilot
FLT O Robert A Johnson, T-006611, MN, Co-Pilot
SSGT Vaughn W Jones, 31116583, ME, Flight Engineer
SSGT Robert J Villareal, 6951727, TX, Student Engineer
PFC Nathan B Vaden, 18180034, TX, Radio Operator-Gunner
Crew of TB-26C # 41-35789:
FLTO Fred M. Knapp, T-006618, NY, Pilot
2LT Philip L Skow, O2061530, CA, Co-Pilot
PFC Harold H Kolding, 17155226, ND, Flight Engineer
PFC Elbert C Johnson, 14150419, AL, Radio Operator-Gunner
Pfc. Elbert C. Johnson DNB
Home: Alabama.
Squadron: #2123rd Air Force Base Unit
Service ID: 14150419.
Awards:
Target: Training
Mission Date: 8-Jan-45
Serial Number: # 41-35789
Aircraft Model TB-26B
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Near Brownsville Texas
Cause: Mid air Collision with 41-35829
Crew of 5 Killed total of 9 crew
Killed in a mid-air collision of TB-26C Marauder #41-35829 with another TB-26 training plane, five miles east of Brownsville Army Airfield, Texas. The twin-engine bombers collided at about 5,000 feet elevation and both plunged into a lake in the La Burrita vicinity of Matamoros, Mexico. All nine men aboard both aircraft were killed.
Investigators speculated the pilots engaged in unauthorized mock aerial combat maneuvers, colliding from opposing directions, while awaiting the arrival of a delayed B-24 Liberator to the vicinity that they were to practice gunnery skills with.
Crew of TB-26C #41-35829:
FLT O Thomas L Jones, T-006613, CA, Pilot
FLT O Robert A Johnson, T-006611, MN, Co-Pilot
SSGT Vaughn W Jones, 31116583, ME, Flight Engineer
SSGT Robert J Villareal, 6951727, TX, Student Engineer
PFC Nathan B Vaden, 18180034, TX, Radio Operator-Gunner
Crew of TB-26C # 41-35789:
FLTO Fred M. Knapp, T-006618, NY, Pilot
2LT Philip L Skow, O2061530, CA, Co-Pilot
PFC Harold H Kolding, 17155226, ND, Flight Engineer
PFC Elbert C Johnson, 14150419, AL, Radio Operator-Gunner
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