A member of the U.S.N.R. Air Corps. 131st Bombing Squadron.
Enlisted Oct. 9, 1941.
According the History of Patrol Bombing Squadron 131*:
On the night of November 9, two planes, piloted by...Powers and...Earle, returned to Zandery Field from investigating a submarine contact off British Guiana, to find the field closed with fog and rain. Lieutenant Earle was able to make Atkinson Field as an alternate, but Lieutenant Powers, who had taken off previously, did not have enough gas for the return trip, so, after several attempts to get in, ditched the plane in a river northwest of Paramaribo. All hands escaped without injury and were picked up the following day by an Army JRF aircraft.
However, before [they] were picked up, the Squadron sent search planes out before dawn to look for them. Lieutenant (jg) Robert G. Winthers failed to return, and when...Powers crew was picked up, they told how they had seen Lieutenant Winthers plane crash, out of control, at 0900, close to the spot where they had ditched their plane the evening before. All hands were lost in this second crash, six men being aboard. No reason for this crash was ever found.
Interred May 12, 1948.
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*Declassified Dec. 31, 2012. R. L. Hastreiter, C.O. Available at Fold3.com.
Enlisted Oct. 9, 1941.
According the History of Patrol Bombing Squadron 131*:
On the night of November 9, two planes, piloted by...Powers and...Earle, returned to Zandery Field from investigating a submarine contact off British Guiana, to find the field closed with fog and rain. Lieutenant Earle was able to make Atkinson Field as an alternate, but Lieutenant Powers, who had taken off previously, did not have enough gas for the return trip, so, after several attempts to get in, ditched the plane in a river northwest of Paramaribo. All hands escaped without injury and were picked up the following day by an Army JRF aircraft.
However, before [they] were picked up, the Squadron sent search planes out before dawn to look for them. Lieutenant (jg) Robert G. Winthers failed to return, and when...Powers crew was picked up, they told how they had seen Lieutenant Winthers plane crash, out of control, at 0900, close to the spot where they had ditched their plane the evening before. All hands were lost in this second crash, six men being aboard. No reason for this crash was ever found.
Interred May 12, 1948.
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*Declassified Dec. 31, 2012. R. L. Hastreiter, C.O. Available at Fold3.com.
A member of the U.S.N.R. Air Corps. 131st Bombing Squadron.
Enlisted Oct. 9, 1941.
According the History of Patrol Bombing Squadron 131*:
On the night of November 9, two planes, piloted by...Powers and...Earle, returned to Zandery Field from investigating a submarine contact off British Guiana, to find the field closed with fog and rain. Lieutenant Earle was able to make Atkinson Field as an alternate, but Lieutenant Powers, who had taken off previously, did not have enough gas for the return trip, so, after several attempts to get in, ditched the plane in a river northwest of Paramaribo. All hands escaped without injury and were picked up the following day by an Army JRF aircraft.
However, before [they] were picked up, the Squadron sent search planes out before dawn to look for them. Lieutenant (jg) Robert G. Winthers failed to return, and when...Powers crew was picked up, they told how they had seen Lieutenant Winthers plane crash, out of control, at 0900, close to the spot where they had ditched their plane the evening before. All hands were lost in this second crash, six men being aboard. No reason for this crash was ever found.
Interred May 12, 1948.
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*Declassified Dec. 31, 2012. R. L. Hastreiter, C.O. Available at Fold3.com.
Enlisted Oct. 9, 1941.
According the History of Patrol Bombing Squadron 131*:
On the night of November 9, two planes, piloted by...Powers and...Earle, returned to Zandery Field from investigating a submarine contact off British Guiana, to find the field closed with fog and rain. Lieutenant Earle was able to make Atkinson Field as an alternate, but Lieutenant Powers, who had taken off previously, did not have enough gas for the return trip, so, after several attempts to get in, ditched the plane in a river northwest of Paramaribo. All hands escaped without injury and were picked up the following day by an Army JRF aircraft.
However, before [they] were picked up, the Squadron sent search planes out before dawn to look for them. Lieutenant (jg) Robert G. Winthers failed to return, and when...Powers crew was picked up, they told how they had seen Lieutenant Winthers plane crash, out of control, at 0900, close to the spot where they had ditched their plane the evening before. All hands were lost in this second crash, six men being aboard. No reason for this crash was ever found.
Interred May 12, 1948.
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*Declassified Dec. 31, 2012. R. L. Hastreiter, C.O. Available at Fold3.com.
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