Henry R. Stables
Rank: Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force
Serial: 32486839
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Biography
Sergeant Henry R. Stables had lived in Delaware Township, present day Cherry Hill NJ. He had been inducted into the Army in 1942, and had qualified for flight duty. In 1943 he married Miss Emma Lederer, and had made his address 218 North Fellowship Road in Maple Shade NJ, the home of his in-laws.
Sergeant Stables had won his wings and was undergoing further training when the B-25 bomber that he was a crew member of crashed during a combat training flight near the Army Air Base at Columbia SC. His wife was then living near the base in South Carolina when he was killed. A closed casket funeral was held for him at the Congregational Church at 45 North Fellowship Road in Maple Shade. His death was reported in the February 17, 1944 evening edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Five Airmen Die in Training Crash
Connellsville PA Daily Courier —
Five Airmen Die in Training Crash
COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 17 — Officials of the Columbia air base announced today the names of five Army airmen who were killed yesterday when a B-25 bomber crashed near the field during a combat training flight.
The victims were Second Lieut. David B. Edge Jr. of Decatur, Ga., Second Lieut. Phelps Miller Jr., of Louisville, Ky., Second Lieut. Richard B. Wright of Malden, Mass., Sgt. John R. Collins of Cambridge, Md., and Sgt. Henry Stables of Maple Shade, N.J.
Upstate Flier Hurt in Army Air Tragedy
Syracuse NY Herald-Journal —
Upstate Flier Hurt in Army Air Tragedy
Columbia, S.C., Feb. 17 (INS). — Officials of the Columbia air base announced today the names of five Army airmen who were killed yesterday when a B-25 bomber crashed near the field during a combat training flight.
Among the victims were Second Lt. Richard B. Wright of Malden, Mass., and Sgt. Henry Stables of Maple Shade, N.J. A sixth crewman, Sgt. Robert G. Newman of Hamburg, N.Y., was injured.