Nine U.S. Army flyers from Smoky Hill Army Air Field in Salina, Kansas, died here on March 12, 1943, when their Flying Fortress went down during duty to their country at 4 P.M.: 2nd Lt. George H. Davis of Dubuque, Iowa, pilot; 2nd Lt. Robt. V. Turchetto of Nutley, New Jersey, co-pilot; T/Sgt Peter K. Ikanovich of Bisbee, Arizona; S/Sgt Arthur N. Potter of Sutton, Massachusetts; 2nd Lt. Philip E. Niewolak of Dunkirk, New York, bombardier; 2nd Lt. Leo E. Dolan of St. Louis, Missouri, navigator; T/Sgt Dewitt H. Tyler of Porterville, California; S/Sgt David E. Secorski of Detroit, Michigan; and S/Sgt Kenneth D. Cain of Hobbs, New Mexico.