World War II
Object Name:
Newspaper
Museum ID #:
2015.29.0211
Catalog Date:
08/28/2015
Collection:
Colorado Air National Guard Heritage Committee Collection
Description:
Newspaper article about the formal declaration of "presumeable death" for CPT Howard S. Thatcher, from the Colorado National Guard, who went missing along with the rest of his crew of his B—24 Liberator while conducting a reconnaissance mission in the Pacific during WWII.
Event Associated with Item:
World War II
History of Item:
Items belong to the Air Heritage Committee and are on display at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum in Aurora, CO.
Made:
United States
Place of Origin:
United States
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