Father: Refugio Vasquez, Mexico
Mother: Anna Black, New Mexico
Killed aboard C-47A Skytrain #42-92700, a medical evacuation airplane that crashed on Mont Pilat, due to bad weather on 11/1/1944, 12 km. SE of St-Chamond, France during World War II. Takara and Romano were wounded soldiers and Ward was the co-pilot of the plane. The flight was evacuating nine wounded American soldiers and six German prisoners of war.
The victims of the crash were:
1st Lt. Carson M Roberts, Pilot
2nd Lt. William C Ward, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Aleda E Lutz, Nurse
Sgt. Shirley N Breckenridge, Mechanic
Cpl. Howard E Kahler, Radio Operator
The wounded passengers being evacuated:
Capt. William A Steinhurst
1st Lt. Roger N Phillips
S/Sgt. Leonardo B Vasquez
Sgt. Ronald K Takara
PFC Ellis F Gillespie
PFC Ciro J Romano
Pvt. Edwin Beal
Pvt. John Ferrara
Pvt. John J Young Jr
The names of the six German wounded POWs being evacuated have not been learned.
Lieutenant Lutz is believed to be the first U.S. female commissioned officer killed on European soil during the war. An Army hospital ship was named for her in 1945.
Contributor: ShaneO (47009366) •
Military Information: SSG, US ARMY
Mother: Anna Black, New Mexico
Killed aboard C-47A Skytrain #42-92700, a medical evacuation airplane that crashed on Mont Pilat, due to bad weather on 11/1/1944, 12 km. SE of St-Chamond, France during World War II. Takara and Romano were wounded soldiers and Ward was the co-pilot of the plane. The flight was evacuating nine wounded American soldiers and six German prisoners of war.
The victims of the crash were:
1st Lt. Carson M Roberts, Pilot
2nd Lt. William C Ward, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Aleda E Lutz, Nurse
Sgt. Shirley N Breckenridge, Mechanic
Cpl. Howard E Kahler, Radio Operator
The wounded passengers being evacuated:
Capt. William A Steinhurst
1st Lt. Roger N Phillips
S/Sgt. Leonardo B Vasquez
Sgt. Ronald K Takara
PFC Ellis F Gillespie
PFC Ciro J Romano
Pvt. Edwin Beal
Pvt. John Ferrara
Pvt. John J Young Jr
The names of the six German wounded POWs being evacuated have not been learned.
Lieutenant Lutz is believed to be the first U.S. female commissioned officer killed on European soil during the war. An Army hospital ship was named for her in 1945.
Contributor: ShaneO (47009366) •
Military Information: SSG, US ARMY
Father: Refugio Vasquez, Mexico
Mother: Anna Black, New Mexico
Killed aboard C-47A Skytrain #42-92700, a medical evacuation airplane that crashed on Mont Pilat, due to bad weather on 11/1/1944, 12 km. SE of St-Chamond, France during World War II. Takara and Romano were wounded soldiers and Ward was the co-pilot of the plane. The flight was evacuating nine wounded American soldiers and six German prisoners of war.
The victims of the crash were:
1st Lt. Carson M Roberts, Pilot
2nd Lt. William C Ward, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Aleda E Lutz, Nurse
Sgt. Shirley N Breckenridge, Mechanic
Cpl. Howard E Kahler, Radio Operator
The wounded passengers being evacuated:
Capt. William A Steinhurst
1st Lt. Roger N Phillips
S/Sgt. Leonardo B Vasquez
Sgt. Ronald K Takara
PFC Ellis F Gillespie
PFC Ciro J Romano
Pvt. Edwin Beal
Pvt. John Ferrara
Pvt. John J Young Jr
The names of the six German wounded POWs being evacuated have not been learned.
Lieutenant Lutz is believed to be the first U.S. female commissioned officer killed on European soil during the war. An Army hospital ship was named for her in 1945.
Contributor: ShaneO (47009366) •
Military Information: SSG, US ARMY
Mother: Anna Black, New Mexico
Killed aboard C-47A Skytrain #42-92700, a medical evacuation airplane that crashed on Mont Pilat, due to bad weather on 11/1/1944, 12 km. SE of St-Chamond, France during World War II. Takara and Romano were wounded soldiers and Ward was the co-pilot of the plane. The flight was evacuating nine wounded American soldiers and six German prisoners of war.
The victims of the crash were:
1st Lt. Carson M Roberts, Pilot
2nd Lt. William C Ward, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Aleda E Lutz, Nurse
Sgt. Shirley N Breckenridge, Mechanic
Cpl. Howard E Kahler, Radio Operator
The wounded passengers being evacuated:
Capt. William A Steinhurst
1st Lt. Roger N Phillips
S/Sgt. Leonardo B Vasquez
Sgt. Ronald K Takara
PFC Ellis F Gillespie
PFC Ciro J Romano
Pvt. Edwin Beal
Pvt. John Ferrara
Pvt. John J Young Jr
The names of the six German wounded POWs being evacuated have not been learned.
Lieutenant Lutz is believed to be the first U.S. female commissioned officer killed on European soil during the war. An Army hospital ship was named for her in 1945.
Contributor: ShaneO (47009366) •
Military Information: SSG, US ARMY
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141 INF 36 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II
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