Emmett Bassett Burton

Military

7 July 1943 while TDY to 9th AF, fuel ran out while circling Benghasi. AC B-24 41-23692 'El Lobo' crashed. 4 were killed as bombs that had hung up exploded.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / p222 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 177