Robert Boyd
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an aircraft accident in Italy in May 1944. Expected to be home that month, having finished 1600 air hours.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-31-1944
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Phillips Abbot, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action over France. Had completed over 20 bombing missions.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
William Ashley
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action while serving in France. He was buried at Osceola United Methodist Church cemetery in Lancaster Co., SC.
Age at Death: 32
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-7-1944
Willard Barnwell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was among the invasion forces in France. Memorial marker at Normandy, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Thomas Abernathy
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Article in the Jul 27, 1944 Charlotte Observer that he was killed.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
John Anderson, III
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the plane he was on crashed at Strawberry Peak near Pasadena. He had been given leave from his post in California and was en route for Tampa, Florida because his mother was seriously ill.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Joseph Ault
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at First Methodist Church in Charlotte on April 23,1944. Missing in action. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 36
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-15-1944
Hugh Barr
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Burial is in the Blosville Cemetery in Blosville, Normandy, France. His grave is number 121, row 7, plot Z. A chaplain officiated.
Age at Death: 18
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-18-1945
Joel Acker, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His plane was among the 25 bombers shot down during the great raid on Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Age at Death: 29
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Budd Andrews
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His pregnant wife was waiting in their apartment for him to fly his last three hours of training before going on leave to Pennsylvania. Once his leave was over, he would be shipping out to Okinawa.
He died when his plane caught fire while flying over Charlotte on a routine training mission. He feared that his plane would crash into homes, so he stayed aboard and refused the order to bail out, trying to crash the plane on a golf course. He cleared the last house in the Morningside neighborhood and crashed 20 feet short of a fairway.