Herb Bonn

Herb Bonn

Bonn, circa 1938
Personal information
Born	(1916-01-14)January 14, 1916 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 7, 1943(1943-04-07) (aged 27) South Pacific Ocean, off Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Taylor Allderdice (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
College	Duquesne (1935–1937)
Position	Forward
Career history
1937–1939	Pittsburgh Pirates
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American – College Humor (1936)

Herbert Sidney Bonn (January 14, 1916 – April 7, 1943) was an American professional basketball player and World War II fighter pilot. After a college career at Duquesne University in which he was a first-team All-American in 1935–36, Bonn played in the National Basketball League for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1937 and 1939. In his 15-game NBL career, Bonn averaged 5.7 points per game. He fought in World War II in the United States Navy and was killed in action in a crash off Hawaii.

Military career and death

On April 7, 1943, Bonn took off from Kanoehe Airfield on Oahu in a B-24 Liberator with a crew of ten. Whilst conducting a night navigation operation, Bonn's aircraft crashed into the South Pacific Ocean. When the Liberator did not return, all 10 on board were listed missing in action, presumed dead. Bonn and his crew have no known grave, and they are memorialized at the Punchbowl Cemetery.

External links

• Herb Bonn at Find a Grave