Lt. Price was a flight nurse with the 817th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, 50th Troop Carrier Wing (possibly at RAF Exeter, Clyst Honiton, East Devon). At the time of her loss, she was serving aboard a C-54 (#41-107470) that went down 26 July 1944 between Keflavík, Iceland and Stephenville Airport, Newfoundland, Canada.

The aircraft transported a group of 18 Army and Navy stretcher cases from the Normandy combat area. The aircraft had departed from Scotland, made its way to Iceland. The last radio contact was 3 hours after departure from Keflavík, determined to be near Greenland. An air sea rescue search never found the plane or its occupants.

Among the passengers, the aircraft carried Lt. Colonel Robert L. Vance who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions over the ETO that resulted in his wounding. This air loss was the first casualty of the newly formed Army Evacuation Program.

Those lost and listed in newspaper accounts on this aircraft were:

2nd Lt. Catherine R. Price (flight nurse)

Pvt. Laverne W. Henning, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Radio Man Norvie B. Tinney, USN, Elkins, West Virginia (Served on LCI 232 or 7 at Normandy)

Seaman 2nd Class Carl E. Atwell, USN, Wellsburg West Virginia

Seaman 1st Class Clarence E. Masters, USN, Brevard, North Carolina

Tech 5 Andrew V. Banken, Brooklyin, New York

Pvt. Robert C. Bowman, Lafayette, Georgia

Flt Officer Frank L. Cotropia, Hearne, Texas

Pvt. William L. Diskin, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lt. Malcolm W. Gary, USA, Raymond, Mississippi

Pvt. Camillo Gonzales, Kennedy, Texas

TEC 4 Edler W. Gosselin, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pvt. Willie D. Greenawalt, USA, Kline West Virginia

2nd Lt. Charles F. Kohl, Jr., Las Vegas, New Mexico

Lt. George Lavenson, USA Atlanta, Georgia (E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment, one of the "Band of Brothers")

Pvt. Arthur L. Pounds, Elida, New Mexico

SSgt. Stephen F. Spetz, Freeland, Pennsylvania

2nd Lt. Gerald Trenton, Cumberland, Maryland

TEC 3 Frank W. Sorrells, USA, Fairfield, Virginia

Lt. Col. Leon R. Vance, Arkansas City, Kansas (Medal of Honor award)

Crewmen were: (Transcontinental and West air crew hired by the U.S. Government to transport wounded in this USAAF aircraft.)

Captain Robert W. Funkhouser, pilot, Arlington, Virginia

1st. Officer Howard R. Latimer, co-pilot, Alexandria, Virginia

Rayburn Darst, flight engineer, Alexandria, Virginia

Harold Holman, Alexandria, Virginia

Harry B. Cumberland, radio operator, Alexandria, Virginia

2nd Lt. Price's name is listed on the Tablet of the Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.

Price, Catherine Ruth, 2nd Lt