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John J. Eland
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
January 8, 1953
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Airman First Class Eland was the gunner on a B-50D bomber with the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing stationed at Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia. On January 8, 1953, the B-50D was on a training flight with eight other aircraft when it collided with another near the Isle of Hope, Georgia and crashed killing all nine on board. |
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