2LT Neal Dow Curtis was a Pilot with the 310th Bombardment Group; 428th Bombardment Squadron; stationed at Columbia Army Air Field, South Carolina; in training and preparation for overseas combat duty in the Mediterranean Theater of Operation, (MTO).

His Hometown was Gorham, Ontario County, New York.

Tragedy struck its first blow at the squadron on August 4th when 2nd Lieutenants Neal Curtis and Charles Pattillo (actually Robert R. Pattillo) crashed to their deaths at the field. They had been but recently checked out. This was the first and only fatal landing accident the squadron has had.

A/C B-25D; serial No. 41-29658
(crash landed at Columbia Army Air Field, SC)

P Curtis, Neal Dow, 2Lt, pilot, 428th BS - DNB
CP Pattillo, Robert R., 2Lt, pilot, 428th BS - DNB
PAX Graves, Ray E., Pvt - DNB
PAX Shuman, Floyd H., Pvt - DNB
PAX Tooke, Alphie V., Pvt - DNB
PAX Streit, Benedict N., Pvt – survived, died 6 Aug 42
PAX Downing, Philip Y., Pvt – survived, status unknown
PAX None

Neal D Curtis