Jerome Templeton Boshears

Jerome Boshears was a salesman. | | He joined the infantry of the National Guard in Medford, Oregon on 16 September 1940 before he was transferred to the Air Corps. | | The airplane aborted the mission before reaching the French coast on route to the target. #1 engine was out and an excessive amount of oil was being lost. Information concerning the exact trouble was unknown. | | The pilot continued to struggle with the aircraft to keep it straight and ordered the radio operator to send a message. The radio operator sent an urgent message and an S.O.S. The crew was ordered to bail out. | | The aircraft, when last seen by crew members, descending in parachutes, was under control in a slight dive with the left wing low heading about 270 degrees between six and four thousand feet. | | At sea, destroyers were standing by and could rescue three crew members. | | Sailors of the destroyers could see the aircraft gliding down with the right wing low and crash at a position about 50°06N-00°38W. | | Seven men were killed.