The following article was found in the March 11, 1944, Lowell Tribune on page 1, column 5:
LOWELL LADY'S NEPHEW KILLED
Mrs. Gard Hepp has received news of the death of her nephew, T/Sgt. Clarence L. McCormick of Rock Island, Ill., who met his death when a heavy bomber crashed in the ocean somewhere near Jacksonville, Fla. The ship had reported it was in distress when it dropped out of a formation of three planes on a training flight. No further particulars have been received.