Categorie: Plane crashes in the oceans 1945

Rank and Name, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Leo Joseph Edward Babineau.

Unit/Placed in, Patrol Bombing Squadron 106 (VPB-106), United States Navy.

 

Leo is born approx. on 29 Sep. 1921 in Moncton, Canada.

Father, Alfred Babineau.

Mother, Dora (Comier) Babineau.

Sister(s), Rita Babineau.

 

Leo enlisted the service in District of Columbia with service number # 6038286.

 

Leo‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a PB4Y-2  were,

Lt.               Joseph W. Swiencicki         Pilot

Ensign          J. F. Cranfill                     Co Pilot

Ensign          R. F. Gundreson                Asst. Co Pilot

Amm1.         Leo E. Brown

Arm1.          William J. Keogh

Aom2.          Joseph W. Ubl

Amm2.         Leo J. W. Babineau

Arm2.          James J. Sherman

Aom3.          Robert R. Menendez

Amm3.         Frederick G. Gidel

S1.               Robert D. Buscher

Amm3.         John J. King Jr.

Leo was KIA when the Crew did not returned from the Patrol-Mission on 30 July 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal with 4 Gold Stars, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Leo is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.vpnavy.com/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Edwin C. Austin.

Unit/Placed in, 394th Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, (Heavy).

 

Edwin is born approx. on 1924 in Tennessee.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Edwin enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 34731118.

 

Edwin‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

Lt.      B. R. Whitaker         Pilot

Lt.      R. A. Nelson            Co Pilot

Lt.      A. A. Stasio             Navigator

Lt.      J. Schallenberger     Bombardier

S/Sgt. D. Arinaline            Radio Operator

T/Sgt. E. R. Serrano           Enginer

S/Sgt. E. C. Austin             Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. L. R. Bender            Left Waistgunner

T/Sgt. H.S. Browman         Top Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. R. Pelinos                Tail Gunner

Edwin was KIA on a combat mission they returned and came in collision with a other plane, an both crashed in the Pacific on April 30, 1945 on,  he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Edwin is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Elkton Cemetery, Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee, USA.

 

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/5bg/index.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/5th_Bombardment_Group.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Edward L. Austin.

Unit/Placed in, 421st Bomber Squadron, 504th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

 

Edward is born approx. on 1925.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Edward enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 2076496.

 

Edward‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Capt.            James B. Collier                Pilot

F/O              Ralph E. Dixon                  Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.          James S. Morgan               Navigator

2^nd Lt.          Edward L. Austin              Radar Operator

F/O              Robert W. Suit                  Bombardier

SSgt.            H. E. Ritchie                     Radio Operator

TSgt.            Jack L. Blackmon              Engineer

SSgt.            Joseph P. Urcivoli              Right Waist Gunner

Sgt.              S. M. Boyd                       Left Waist Gunner

Sgt.              M. H. Doring                     Tail Gunner

SSgt.            R. M. Knouse                    Central Fire Control

 

Edward was KIA on way back from the Mission to Osaka the Engines Backfired, they ran out of Fuel and they crashed in the Sea on 7 June 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Edward is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://rjs.org/ww2/

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant William Francis Arnett.

Unit/Placed in, 52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

 

William is born approx. on Aug. 11, 1920 in Mascot, Tennessee.

Father, William F. Arnott.

Mother, Ollie C. (Jones) Arnott.

Sister(s), Mildred E. and Pearl I. Arnett.

Brother(s), Infant, Millard E. Charles T. Robert G. Edward A. and Tilford J. Arnett.

Spouse, Lois E. (Smith) Arnett.

Daughter, Linda A. Arnett.

 

William enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 0-931685.

 

William ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Capt.            Jack I. Pankoff                  Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Donald H. Yant                 Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.          William F. Arnett Jr.          Navigator

2^nd Lt.          Clemence W. Halteman Jr.  Bombardier

F/O.             William H. Isaac                Engineer

T/Sgt.          John R. Robinson               Radio/Radar Operator

Corp.            Edward J. Hennebury Jr.    Central Fire Control

Corp.            William F. Raper               Gunner

Corp.            Abraham J. Becker            Gunner

Sgt.              Irvin Leifer                       Gunner

Sgt.              George R. Lovelock             Gunner

 

William was KIA when an engine caught fire after take-off from Guam to a Bombing Mission in Japan on May 11, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/29th_Bombardment_Group.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com