Wadsworth Paul Amos

Monuments

B-24 (42-95133) 'Lady Jane' Crash Site Plaque

B-24 'Lady Jane' (42-95133) Memorial

Name:

Paul Amos Wadsworth

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

38345079

Unit:

753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group (Heavy)

Date of Death:

1944-11-24

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Mount Olive Cemetery, Big Spring, Texas

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Paul Amos Wadsworth was born on May 9, 1923 in Zephyr, Brown County, Texas. He was the son of Walter Ellis Wadsworth and Sarah Elizabeth Hatley Wadsworth. He served in the 753rd Bomber Squadron, 458th Bomber Group (Heavy) as a Staff Sergeant and Radio Operator on the B-24 42-95133 "Lady Jane", Dooley crew, during World War II.

Lady Jane took off from RAF Horsham St.Faith /AAF Station 123 on November 24, 1944 on a practice mission but fatally crashed due to bad weather. Flying at low level with a 10/10s cloud base at 400-600 feet and poor horizontal visibility the B-24 struck the steeple of St Philip's Church, losing the outer part of the RH wing and RH tail assembly. Those on the ground saw the bomber fly on for about another 1,000 yards, before banking steeply to the right and plunging onto the Barker Street rail depot. There were no casualties on the ground, but all crew members aboard died in the crash.

SSGT Wadsworth is now buried in the Mount Olive Cemetery, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA.

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