In Memory Of…

Of Those Who Died In Training Accidents During WWII And The Korean Conflict
(Info supplied by Ardmore Airbase website - Gary Simmons)

Note: This is the latest and corrected copy. 12-12-01

In Memory... Ardmore Army Air Field, WWII (1942-46)

March 14, 1943 Aeronca L-3C Grasshopper
Emil M. Horkavi Gary, Indiana Frank M. Dimond Wilmington, California

November 4, 1943 B-17 Flying Fortress
Derald C. Holland, Santa Ana, California
Lee R. Woodall Jr. El Dorado, Arkansas
Frank G. Adair Chicago, Illinois
Clair W. Davidson West Lafayette, Indiana
Andrew J. Matthews Farmington, Missouri

December 15, 1943 B-17 Flying Fortress
Robert W. Smith -- Englewood, New Jersey
Wendell R. Wheelock -- Baltimore, Maryland
Robert L. Ruebsam -- Ocean City, New Jersey
George A. Hileman -- Washington, DC
Henry A. Post -- Fulton, Illinois
Marion K. Himebaugh -- Bronson, Michigan
Willie Glaze -- Adger, Alabama
Deeb A. Jabaly, Jr. -- Daytona Beach, Florida
James R. Wilson -- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Charles E. Freeman -- Caddo, Texas
Gaetano Marchese -- Lawrence, Massachusetts
Daniel D. Cote -- Chicago, Illinois

February 12, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
William R. Heck -- Middletown, Ohio
Robert N. Bulloch -- Cedar City, Utah
Collins O. Gerstner -- Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jack L. Rider -- Glendale, California
Oswald L. Bernich -- Biloxi, Mississippi
Albert F. Franczyk -- East Vandegrift, Pennsylvania
Anthony T. Casino -- Follansbee, West Virginia
Ray N. Wise -- Texarkana, Arkansas
Leslie C. Hill -- Medford, Oregon
John W. Ashba, Jr. -- Steubenville, Ohio

April 24, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
Milton Hansberry -- Seattle, Washington
Charles H. Boyer Jr. -- Ft. Worth, Texas
Loren Crites -- Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Edward W. Hamlin -- Mason, Michigan
Andrew L. Lasater -- Sikeston, Missouri
Forrest W. Weissert -- South Bend, Indiana
Victor E. Turner -- Waterloo, Iowa
Billie F. Marrs -- Paris, Illinois
Donald G. Petersen -- Lansing, Illinois
Walter O. Dytman -- Elmira, New York
James C. Demetry -- Chicago, Illinois

August 3, 1944 Truck Accident
Alfred E. Ott -- Waucoma, Iowa
Jess L. Jones -- Germantown, Tennessee
Maleon M. Stanford -- Warsaw, North Carolina
Archie Nimmer -- Dermott, Arkansas

September 24, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
Stanley G.Parsell -- Angola, Indiana
Melbourne Roy Rieke -- Burlington, Iowa
Donald Lynn Cooper -- Los Angeles, California

In Memory... Ardmore Air Force Base, Korean Conflict (1953-1959)

March 19, 1954 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Gene T. Coppedge -- Pittsburg, Kansas
Roy C. Kemmerling -- Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
Henry T. Johnson -- South Portland, Maine
Richard L. Roloff -- Iselin, New Jersey
Ernest V. Crabtree -- Hawthorne, California
Jon G. Taylor -- Adrian, Michigan

All Gave Some----Some Gave All