B-24 crash, 1944
August 20, 2026
In March 1944, a B-24 Liberator bomber from Biggs Field crashed into the eastern slope of Mount Franklin above Red Rock Canyon in El Paso, killing seven servicemen, including Sgt. John H. House of Pittsburg, Kansas. The crash deeply affected Marcus Uribe, a Mexican-born El Paso janitor and recent…
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