Lon Byram
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier
1st Lt. Lon J. Byram was the bombardier on the B-24J #42-100001 "Drawers" that crashed on a local training flight on 28 January 1944, killing Lt. Byram and 4 others.
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Lon J Byram
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42-100001 Drawers
B-24 Liberator
On 28 Jan 1944 on a local training flight, an explosion in B-24J #42-100001 'Drawers' caused smoke to fill the cabin and crew was ordered to bale out. Five of the crew were killed, and five survived.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 February 2018 22:03:53 | jsmycs | Created entry |
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The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) - Sun., Feb 6, 1944 - Page 2 |
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