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SGT Charles Leland Findley

7 Jul 1918 – 10 Sep 1943

Birth	7 Jul 1918
Death	10 Sep 1943
Cemetery	Seward Cemetery Seward , Seward County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Gina on 29 Jun 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74130433

Bio

Killed when U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6031 collided mid air with B-17F #42-4621 over the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, while on a training flight out of the Alexandria, Louisiana, Army Airfield. Twenty-one other Army service members also perished. Lost in Air Crash in Gulf of Mexico: CAPT Henry A Lewis 1LT Robert H Smith 2LT Paul Bradnan 2LT George J Long 2LT Alva W Redding 2LT Oscar L Koegel 2LT Oscar A. Bennett 2LT James J Palack 2LT Stevenson A Williams SSGT John E Linam SGT John F Arrillaga SGT Joe T Barron SGT Howard J Code SGT William B Culp SGT John T Loften SGT Jack L Stewart SGT William P Pine SGT Reinhold Kubarth SGT William W Volkmer SGT Richard E Royer SGT Billie J Smith SGT Charles L Findley ~ U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #37072893 Charles L. Findley is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Seward County, Nebraska.

Inscription

SGT. CHAS. LELAND FINDLEY 1918 ------ 1944 IN MEMORIAM

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Family

Parents

• Emma Creighton Findley 1884–1956
• Charles A. Findley 1886–1964

Siblings

• Maynard Creighton Findley 1911–1981
• Kenneth S. Findley 1913–1998
• John Eldon Findley 1923–2000

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