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This is a photo of Lt. Ray L. Cornick (December 10, 1913 - February 3, 1944), Killed in Action (KIA). As per the Imperial War Museum's (IWM) American Air Museum website: "Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Wilhelmshaven in P-47D 42-8563. Attempting to catch formation prior to climb on instruments through overcast, overshot formation and not seen thereafter, crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA) 3-Feb-44. MACR 2122" See: www.americanairmuseum.com/person/177168

"Col. Osborne" [sic], is Lt. Col. Roy W. Osborn (April 28, 1914 - June 9, 1946). Sadly, Osborn would perish in 1946 the crash of an Army Transport Command (ATC) C-54D (USAAF Ser. No. 43-17231; c/n 22181) that he was a passenger on. The aircraft, flying in poor visibility, crashed into the side of a mountain on Taboga Island, Panama. All 23 souls aboard perished. See: www.pressreader.com/usa/valley-city-times-record/20210611... "Barnes County: A Moment in Time," Valley City Times-Record (North Dakota), 11 Jun 2021

75 Years Ago - 1946 - Col. Osborn Killed in Plane Crash Col. Roy W. Osborn, formerly of Sanborn and the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Gilbertson of Valley City, was among 23 persons killed in the crash of an army C-54 transport plane on Tobago Island, 12 miles from Panama City, Panama, Sunday morning, according to an Associated Press dispatch. An army rescue party recovered 19 bodies from the wreckage before darkness halted activities last night. The plane, which carried 17 passengers and six crew members crashed on a mountainside on Taboga Island, off the coast of the Canal Zone, while on a routine flight from Morrison field here to Albrook Field, C.Z. His wife and three small sons, William, 4, Paul, 2, and John, six months, are en route to Valley City from Phoenix, Arizona, and her parents believe that she is unaware of her husband’s death. Col. Osborn has been stationed at Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, and had been transferred to Panama one week ago. While he was getting located there, his family was coming to Valley City for a visit. During the war in Europe, Col. Osborn commanded a P-38 Lightning Group and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while leading fighter aircraft on several missions over Germany. His father is Rev. William M. Osborn, former pastor of the Sanborn Congregational church. He now lives at Wyanet, Ill. Besides his parents and his own family he leaves a sister and brother.

See also: www.findagrave.com/memorial/38875927/roy-william-osborn aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19460609-0 "Maj. Stewart" is fighter ace (credited with 7.83 aerial victories) Everett W. Stewart (1915 - 1982). See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_W._Stewart

In the hangar doorway is one of the Douglas C-54 transport Republic converted to civil airliners for American Airlines(70) and other carriers around 1946-1947...this was valuable bread and butter work in the cut-backs period