WWII letter group B-17 Pilot Crash "KIA" WW2 Ft Benton Mt, Hicks Field, Ft Worth

Description

A great historical group of four original WW2 letters/card, 4 envelopes, from and related to a
B-17 Pilot
Warren H. Maginn.
O
ne of the four letters is written by Lt. Warren H. Maginn who was a B-17 Pilot that gave his life
for his country when his plane crashed near Fort Benton with the entire crew lost.
He was with the 395th Bomb
Group, 589th Bombardment Squadron.
These letters and Mothers Day card are what the war was like for so many families, this is what happened in America in WW2.
Note:
Pilot training during WW2 was
rigorous
and
extremely
dangerous, out of the 35,000+ U.S. Army Corps
Airmen who gave their lives during WWII, 14,000 died on US soil and other parts of the world training for combat. Of the Men who made it to combat 50%
perished
.
Lt. Warren H. Magian
Mothers Day card has a short note to his Mother and
was written while he was with the 395th Bomb
Group, 589th Bombardment Squadron.
three pages long and dated May 7th 1943, written from Ephrata Air Base, Washington.
The Card is addressed to his Mother, Mrs. Olga
Maginn
"Dearest Mom -"
.
The card is signed:
"
all my love, Warren"
.
One of the letters is a love letter to
Warren H. Maginn
from his Glendale high-school sweetheart who becomes
his wife. The letter is a long ten pages long, dated March 3, 1942. She is still in high school in Glendale, California and
they get married I think while she is in school. Her first name is Hottie and here is some of what she writes
:
"My dearest Warren
, ....  Honey
didn't you hear about the J__ submarine spying on the coast of Santa
Barbara? It happened while the President was making his speech. Do you have newspapers to read there? How are the woman in Illinois
..."
she signed the letter:
"Your loving wife, Hottie P.S. Check that!
Hottie writes
"Check That!"
I
beleive because she is not yet his wife and wants to be.
There is a four page letters from Warren's Brother Bob written to his Mother and Kids.
July 15, 1943. Warren's Brother
went to Stanford University then joined the Army Air Corps. I know that Warren's Brother Bob served in the Pacific during the war. Warren's brother Bob ended up in the
Army Air Corps and was at Headquarters Engineer Construction Command on Manila Pacific Island.
The last letter is a WW2 poem and cartoon. The Poem written to Warren while he was a Cadet dated July 13 1942. The letter is from a friend or family member.
This is a wonderful group of letters and card that illustrates the
tremendous sacrifice made by so many Americans during WW2. It would make a good grouping to research. Also included are facsimile
pages from his high school year book and a a three page letter from Warren's
Father which is a great
"father to son"
advice letter about what Warren needs to do in the Army to made Rank. This copy is
four typed pages long with great content.
About the B-17 crash:
On the night of Sept. 1st 1943 t
en United States Airmen lost there lives in a B-17 bomber crash outside
Fort Benton on September 2, 1943.
Their names are as follows:
Those that died in the crash –
•2nd Lt. Harold L. Wonders
•2nd Lt. Warren H. Maginn
•2nd Lt. Jack Y. Fish
•2nd Lt. Arnold J. Gardiner
•Sgt. Robert H. Hall
•Sgt. John T. Hough
•Sgt. Carl E. Lower
•Sgt. Chester W. Peko
•Sgt. Curio C. Thremonti
•Pfc. Paul M. Peterson
2nd Lt. Warren H. Magian I believe was the Pilot on this night mission.
In 2015, 72 years after the crash he and his crew were honor with a
Memorial at Ft Benton, MT.
If you search youtube: "
B-17 Crash Sep 2, 1943 Flight 42-5128 - Memorial, Ft Benton, MT May 25, 2015"
you will find a video that tells the story of the Memorial
Also if you search the internet:
"
Death of a B-17 bomber crew: Fort Benton remembers the 1943 crash
"
you will find the entire story about this Airman and his crew.
What you will get:
You will get Lt.
Warren H. Maginn
original WWII Mothers Day card, one love letter from his high school sweetheart,
one letter of his Brother's written to his Mother and Kids and one letter from a friend/Family and cartoon
.
Also a facsimile of a
letter his Fathers wrote to Warren with Army advice. I will also include a copy of a news article about
his B-17 plane crash and Glendale High School photo copy of  Lt.
Warren H. Magian and copy of
newspaper
clipping and a small photo
(recent print)
of
Lt.
Warren H. Maginn.
Lt. Warren H. Maginn and thousands of pilots like him were tested to the limit and spent years training
all over the The United States for combat. Thousands of B-17 Pilots never made it to combat and many
were killed on their very first mission. Many of these pilots are forgotten forever but this one is remembered
and his sacrifice helped win the greatest world war in human history.
About the seller:
I have been buying and selling Americana, rare books & documents, since the early 1970’s.
I have sold large collections and important individual items to some of the largest libraries, Auction Houses,
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I have published unique Americana works which are in University and private libraries throughout the world.
My main goal is by selling WW2 and other historical Primary Source material; I can distribute letters,
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by millions of Americans and millions of the Allied Forces during the war.
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