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Air Corps Lieutenant killed in an air crash on 09-02-1943 in New Guinea.
From the 99 Lives Project (99 Lives (knox.edu))
RICHARD BURGESS STANTON
From the 99 Lives Project (99 Lives (knox.edu))
RICHARD BURGESS STANTON
BIRTH DATE
3 Aug 1919
BIRTH LOCATION
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
FATHER
Howard Clinton Stanton, Swift & Company
MOTHER
Lulu Wing Rider Stanton
SIBLINGS
Robert L Stanton, William M Stanton
SPOUSE
Mary Beth Wilson Stanton
HIGH SCHOOL
Morgan Park HS (3.5 yr); The Peddle School (.5 yr) - 1939 graduate
HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois; Hightstown, New Jersey
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, football, student court
HOMETOWN
Chicago, Cook County
HOME STATE
Illinois
ENTERED KNOX
1939
CLASS YEAR
1943
MAJOR
Economics
FRATERNITY
Phi Gamma Delta
WAR / CONFLICT
World War II
MILITARY SERVICE
US Army Air Forces
SERIAL NUMBER
O-659 492
RANK
First Lieutenant
UNIT
6th Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group
INCIDENT
A passenger on B-24D "Battlin' Betts" #42-41099, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, USAAF, which took off with crew of 4 and 5 passengers from 5 Mile Drome (Ward Drome), Papua New Guinea on an engineering test flight over Fishermans Island (Daugo Island). They were last heard from via a radio contact stating they were near Kekini Rocks, Redscar (Redscar Head), Central Province. They never returned to base and were not heard from again. Additional: Brisbane U-21759 Cas msg #1694 ramyrad C-5494 8 Sep 43 previously reported missing as of 2 Sep 43 *Status now killed FINAL plane washed ashore indicates severe crash into sea, change in status made under Par 6C War Dept cir 195, 1943. (AC)
INCIDENT LOCATION
Near Kekini Rocks, Redscar Head, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
CASUALTY DATA
DNB / Died Non Battle - lost at sea
DATE OF DEATH
2 Sep 1943
AGE AT DEATH
24
LOCATION OF DEATH
Papua, New Guinea
BURIAL
MIA
MILITARY CENOTAPH
Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial; Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
FIND A GRAVE
AWARDS
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
REMARKS
Transferred to Knox from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
