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CasualtiesFirst Lieutenant Lowell K. Hess . Completed 15 combat missions.Second Lieutenant Francis W.Bnt^nson . . . CommlwdonedInst: Jnl.V-Bomber CrashKills Utalin;thea L iiTt.reipitifur *1 con J. COne Utah man has been killed L | in a bomber crash and two other : | airmen are reported missing inaction over Europe, according to information their families received Monday from the war department.Killed:Second Lieutenant Ray M. Bunker. Delta, was killed Sunday night when his plane crashed near the Alexandria army airfield. Louisiana.Missing:First Lieutenant Lowell K. Hess, 22, pilot, son of'Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hess; Garland, missing in action over Germany since February 25-. Second Lioutesmnt Francis W. Botenson. 25. son of Mr. and Mrs. Lcianri Betcnson, Cedar City, missing in action over wentarn Europe since March 4.arrinjtleftpoliTAslthewalacc1wa*darcollBthesailt;CtiLieutenant Bunker, recently commissioned, wa3 born July 25. 1921, in Sutherland, Millard county. He was graduated from Delta high school and later attended the Brandi Agricultural college at Cedar City, where he was prominent in athletics.Besides his parents, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Thora Petersen. Hinckley; Mrs. Lee Talbot and Max. Bunker, Tooele; Mrs. Della Rock, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Nola Bolster, Ohio; Eulalia. Beth. Betty and Lmvana Bunker, all of Suther-j ! land.-1 Funeral services and burial will i. j be in Sutherland, n j Lieutenant Hess, recently pro-t: moled to his present rank from J flight officer, had been a pilot on - [15 combat missions over targets j in Europe.1 He has been awarded an air medal with oak leaf clusters.Lieutenant Hess was born in Garland and was graduated from the Bear River high school. He enlisted in the army air corps January S. 194U, a year before Pearl/oltcsenpulattorRefer1prcReprcFrsmaia:TAtlstoiMticir?Harbor, one of the first to enlist j fcr*V!brfrom Box Elder county Besides his wife and parents, Lieutenant Hess has a brother, Neal Hess, Garland, and two sisters, Miss Yvonne Hess, Garland, j ^ and Mrs. Margaret Perry, Dcwey-villc.Lieutenant Betenson, copilot of a Flying Fortress, has been overseas since January. A graduate of the Branch Agricultural college and the Utah State Agricultural g college, he entered the armed j forces in April. 19-12.Inr;
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Mar 21, 1944
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