World War II Chronicle: December 6, 1942
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On page eight, all three of Army Maj. Warner R. Corey’s sons have joined the Army Air Force. Cpl. Warner L. Corey perishes on May 31, 1943 when his C-67 Dragon crashes into a mountain while on a routine Air Transport Command flight from Colorado Springs, Colo. to Reno, Nev. By the time the Douglas B-23 Dragon entered service testing it was already outclassed by other medium bombers. Airframes were converted to trainer models and reclassified UC-67, or C-67 after 1943.1Others who perished in the flight are: 1st Lt. George H. Adams Jr. (26 years old, from Gunnison, Colo.), 1st Lt. Earle V. Anderson (23, West New York, N.J.), T/Sgt. Stanley J. Krysztowiak, Cpl. Don C. Brill (33, Multnomah County, Ore.), Cpl. Warner L. Corey (26, Detroit), Cpl. Frank A. Fugazza (20), Cpl. Freddie E. Jones (33, Dexter, Mo.), Cpl. Albert R. Schneider, Cpl. Hugo K. Visscher Jr. (28, Los Angeles), and Pvt. Ralph N. Goodsell (23).
George Fielding Eliot column on page 13… Page 18 explains the difficulty of moving mail from Alaskan bases to the Lower 48… Col. Frank A. Armstrong is featured in an article on B-17 raids (see page 25). Armstrong took over as commander of the 97th Bombardment Group in July, which inspired the book and movie Twelve O’Clock High… A review of Pearl Harbor and the United States’ first year of war begins on page 29… Sports section begins on page 37… District Fighting Men on page 67
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), December 6, 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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