Pease Warren Jay

Name:

Warren Jay Pease

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-677864

Unit:

549th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-02-21

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

B

Row:

5

Grave:

40

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Warren Jay Pease was born on March 19, 1922, in Juniata, Nebraska. He was the son of Seth Jay Pease and Ella Viola Honeyman Pease. Warren grew up on a farm outside of Farragut and graduated from Farragut high school in 1939. He married Marcia Kraschel in 1943.

Warren served in the 549th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a First Lieutenant and Pilot of the B-17 #42-37963 during World War II. On February 21, 1944, bombers were returning to the 385th Bomber Group's base at Great Ashfield, England, from a raid on targets in Germany. The pilot lost control of the plane in the clouds. He collided with another aircraft (B-17 #42-31370) in the formation; a bomber from the 550th Bomb Squadron. Both aircraft crashed into the marshes at Reedham, and all of the crew members of both airplanes were killed.

1Lt Pease is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also has a cenotaph located in Farragut Cemetery, Farragut, Fremont County, Iowa.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov