Memorial Day

A few people know it, but I'm not the first pilot in my family. The first pilot title in my family goes to Grand Uncle Guido. He was an instructor for the AAF before and during WW2. Sadly, he died on duty during 1944 near Independence, KS due to a crash shortly around D-Day along with another pilot.

Sadly, I don't know many details but hopefully I'll find out what happened eventually. I just need an exact date and I found out the location just recently (going through the WW2 records I inherited from my Grandfather). Then I'm going to write to the military and get official records of the crash and whatnot.

From what I've put together, he and a buddy were flying at night during a cross country flight for the weekend and hit a mountain (but in Independence, KS?). Since they were two of them and since he was an instructor, I figure they were flying a T-6.

Independence Kansas airport: http://skyvector.com/#35-20-3-1416-2703
Airport Data for Independence, KS: http://www.airnav.com/airport/KIDP
T-6: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-6_Texan