Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
XX.2.80 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a kamikaze attack on the BOWERS on 16 April 1945. This photograph was taken after the flames had been knocked down and the plane's wreckage removed from the superstructure. The following men were killed in the attack: 16 April 1945 Ralph M. Bagley, Jr. RM 3/C Robert Cowan Baker SM 1/C Hiland C. Batcheller CM 2/C Robert Crawford Belk S 1/C Louis F. Belville S 1/C Earl Davis Braddy S 2/C Joseph F. Cassidy CM 3/C Kent Samuel Chollar SM 3/C Kenneth A. Clark S 1/C Alvin Brownlow Clawson S 1/C Thomas Cosme RdM 3/C David Lyle Crow RT 1/C Lawrence Michael Fife SC 3/C Leon Otis Gerwig F 1/C James Alton Harris MM 3/C Harvey Blane Hayes S 1/C Ralph Harvey Hess QM 3/C James Edward Honnert QM 1/C Herbert W. Howard, Jr. Lt.(jg) Ralph Edward Johnson SoM 3/C Wayne Wesley Johnson S 1/C Vincent Peter Killewald GM 2/C Theodore E. Lanquille RdM 2/C Buford Joseph LeJeune Y 2/C Frank E. Martinciu FC 3/C Paul Laverne Mathieu S 1/C John Joseph McCardle S 1/C Robert Baker Mincer SK 2/C Fred J. Nagy SK 1/C Howard Wesley Noland Y 1/C William Norman, Jr. S 1/C Frederic D. O'Neill Lt.(jg) Frank Orlowski F 1/C Roland Arthur Pace SoM 2/C Frank Thomas Pascaretti GM 2/C Edward Lee Putt S 1/C James Landon Ragen S 1/C Charles Ridgway RdM 3/C Benjamin Floyd Sanford SC 2/C William Henry Semmer, Jr. S 1/C Paul L. Sheeler S 1/C Thomas T. Simpson Lt.(jg) Vincent Emenio Squillante F 1/C Alton Ernest Strange S 1/C William Neal Tincher RdM 3/C Samuel Clay Vaden RdM 3/C Perry H. Wallis ENS Ray Deny Warren S 1/C Lewis Wilson Webb RM 2/C Michael Edward Weber RM 2/C John Edward West S 2/C Frank J. Wiesemann F 2/C Richard S. Winbourne CRM William D. Wolman LT William G. Word ENS Woodrow Wright S 1/C Gilbert B. Yancey RdM 3/C 17 April 1945 Robert M. Wagner S 1/C 18 April 1945 L. C. Sherrin, Jr. S 1/C 24 April 1945 Michael Aber QM 2/C |
Date |
April 16, 1945 |
Collection |
USS Bowers DE 637/APD 40 |