USAAF
5th AF
312th
BG
388th BS
Ray Fairfield 1964
John Loughman 1969
Pilot 1st John
W. Hoover, O-662936 (KIA) OH
Crashed March 26, 1944
MACR 15538
Mission History
Took off from 5 Mile Drome (Wards) on a delivery flight. Crashed into Sentinel Hill, roughly ten miles to the north.
Wreckage
Wreckage
remained until the early 1980s when it was apparently completely scrapped.
Memorials
Hoover is buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl Cemetery) at Plot C Row 0 Grave 1510
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