Joseph Alfred Gamache

1924 - 1944  (19 years)

• Name	Joseph Alfred Gamache
  Birth	24 Nov 1924	New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Feb 1944	Riverside, RIVERSIDE, California
  Burial	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire, Section F
  Person ID	I73339041	King/Roy | Ancestors and relatives of Alphonse Gamache
  Last Modified	14 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Alfred Joseph Cyriac Gamache,   b. 12 Jan 1897, Manchester, HILLSBOROUGH, New Hampshire d. 1958, Concord, MERRIMACK, New Hampshire (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Marie Georgine Lajoie,   b. ca. 1895, Canada d. 1968 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1917	Manchester, HILLSBOROUGH, New Hampshire
  Headstones		Gamache Family Headstone Mount Calvary Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT Section F
  		Headstone of Alfred and Marie (Lajoie) Gamache; Joseph Alfred Gamache; Emile and Emilienne (Gamache) Brisson Mount Calvary Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT Section F
  Family ID	F5213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Nov 1924 - New Hampshire Death - 13 Feb 1944 - Riverside, RIVERSIDE, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Death Record - Joseph Alfred Gamache State of New Hampshire
  		Death Record 2 - Joseph Alfred Gamache State of New Hampshire

  
  

  Headstones		Gamache Family Headstone Mount Calvary Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT Section F
  		Headstone of Alfred and Marie (Lajoie) Gamache; Joseph Alfred Gamache; Emile and Emilienne (Gamache) Brisson Mount Calvary Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT Section F

  
  

• Notes

  Died: February 13, 1944 Training Accident (See reel BO113, pp.957-958) B-24F 41-29086 crashed and burned completely destroying the aircraft. It was on a cross country training flight piloted by 2 Lt. Glenn W. Turner. 5 men were killed including the pilot, the Co-pilot received major injuries and the other 4 men received minor injuries. No one bailed out. The plane experienced an oil leak from #2 engine which was feathered. The pilot then attempted a forced landing at March Field but was too low. Apparently when trying to apply power to go around again, the plane lost power in one or more additional engine and the plane veered to the left crashing onto the field hitting and destroying a parked B-24. (Apparently in several models of B-24s, suddenly going to full throttle to stop losing altitude actually causes a further loss of power. In these conditions, with 91 octane gas and the application of full throttle, detonation occurs causing further loss of power and control.) Killed Turner, Glenn W. (P) 2 Lt. O-523105 Major Yoder, Owen D. (CP) 2 Lt. O-700593 Killed Smith, Alden G. (N) 2 Lt. O-704079 Killed Evinger, Holler P. (B) 2 Lt. O-698914 Killed Kimmel, Robert L. (E) Sgt. 37413475 Killed Gamache, Alfred J. (R) Sgt. 11084243 Minor Germann, Bernard C. (G) Sgt. 33489999 Minor Tilton, Walter F. (G) Sgt. 32602614 Minor Grzeskowick, Raymond F. Sgt. 32831163 Minor Layton, Lawrence D. Sgt. 14147329 Picture of Added by Rick Weaver Advertisement Sgt Alfred J Gamache, Jr BIRTH 24 Nov 1924 Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA DEATH 13 Feb 1944 (aged 19) Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA BURIAL Mount Calvary Cemetery Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT Section F MEMORIAL ID 97836286 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 2 Son of Alfred J. Gamache, Sr. & Marie Lajoie Gamache. Alfred served as a Sergeant, 84th Bomber Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 11, 1942 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was noted as being employed as a Messenger and also as Single, without dependents. Alfred died in the "Line Of Duty" when the B-24E Liberator (#41-29086) he was on crash landed at Riverside Army Airfield, California, and collided with a parked airplane. Service # 11084243