On State Highway 12, on the right when traveling west.
On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper during a severe storm. There were no survivors. It was the largest single military air disaster in Nebraska . . . — — Map (db m70623) HM
On State Highway 4 6.8 miles east of U.S. 81, on the left when traveling east.
Acree, William Albert, John Armstrong, William Arnett, Willard Blakeslide, Herbert Boekman, George Bohle, Robert Brown, Jack Brown, Richard Burke, James Clarkson, Donald Hemphill, Lloyd Hutslar, Orson Johnson, Arthur . . . — — Map (db m206988) HM
On State Highway 4 6.8 miles east of U.S. 81, on the left when traveling east.
Bruning Army Air Field, located northeast of here, was one of eleven army airfields in Nebraska during World War II. Construction began in September 1942 on 1,480 acres of farmland, for which the government paid twelve landowners $73,400. The field . . . — — Map (db m206989) HM
On State Highway 12, on the right when traveling west.
FLIGHT CREW
Capt. Stanley J. Meadows, C-47 Pilot
Capt. Robert K. "Bud" Bohle, C-47 Co-Pilot
Sgt. Orson H. Hutslar, C-47 Crew Chief
PASSENGERS
Capt. Leslie B. Roberts, Flight Surgeon
F/O John F. Albert
2nd Lt. William F. . . . — — Map (db m312356) WM
