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Lon J Byram
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.
According to Captain Green, he died after being overcome by smoke during the initial explosion along with the radio operator, T/Sgt. Sherman.
1st Lt. Byram's remains were relocated following the war. He's buried in Myrtle Hill Memorial Park located in Tampa, Florida.
Military | Private | Medic | 352nd Fighter Group
Private Floyd Stanley Ernst was born and raised in Tomahawk, WI. He joined the Army Air Corps on 11 September 1942, and was stationed in England from July 1943 to his death on 28 January 1944.
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Military | Major | Flight Surgeon | 352nd Fighter Group
Maj. Nathan W. Hylan was a respected physician and well-known member of the Derry Flying Club in the small town of Derry, N.H. Like many others during wartime, Hylan traded in his civilian life for military service. He was assigned to the medical...
Military | Sergeant | Medic | 352nd Fighter Group
Sgt. Joseph J. Rubin was a passenger on the B-24J #42-100001 "Drawers" that crashed on a local training flight on 28 January 1944, killing Sgt. Rubin and 4 others.
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Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
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.
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Died | Stowlangtoft, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 28 January 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 January 2019 21:26:38 | adamandnichole | Changes to biography |
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Family member perished in the same crash. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 February 2018 12:19:34 | Lucy May | Changes to biography and events |
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Added Lon J Byram's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 February 2018 22:22:22 | jsmycs | Changes to awards and media associations |
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The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) - Sun., Feb 6, 1944 - Page 2 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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