On the morning of 21 August 1944, two B-24 Liberator bombers collided in mid-air and plunged to earth, killing eighteen men. The crew of 42-51517 was Lt. Horace M. Jenkins of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Capt. Royal J. Brock of Columbus, Ohio; Lt. Clair A. Clark of Cowansville, Pennsylvania; Lt. Robert S. Clark of Augusta, Kansas, the only survivor; Cpl. Francis J. O'Donahue of Brooklyn, New York; Cpl. Herbert J. Rogove of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cpl. William A. Powell Jr. of Chicopee, Georgia; Pfc. Daniel J. Riccio of Hartford, Connecticut; Pfc. Luther C. Killinger of Charleston, West Virginia; and Pfc. William C. Joyce Jr. of Medford, Massachusetts. The crew of 42-99946 was Lt. Frank W. Adams Jr. of Houston, Pennsylvania; FO William J. Robbins of Cincinnati, Ohio; Lt. Claire E. Gates of Greene, Louisiana; T/Sgt. Albert J. Sermon of Providence, Rhode Island; Cpl. Boyce E. Forester of Athens, Texas; Cpl. Joseph L. Jr. Hartman of Chicago, Illinois; Cpl. Carl E. Miller of Canton, Ohio; Pfc. Malcolm R. Crawford of Savannah, Georgia; and Pfc. Morton Kaplan of Brooklyn, New York.