2nd LT USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
CoPilot
This plane, B-24J #42-73242 ‘Haley's Comet', and its crew were assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Bombardment Squadron took off from Kunming Airfield in China on a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India. Three planes and crews were lost that day. In the book ‘China Up And Down' by John T Foster, he writes, ‘Disastrous Day Over Hump!' The plane was named after Lt Roger F Haley, Pilot, who was not on the plane the day it went missing. Instead, his replacement was Major Harry Musinski.
The wreckage of this aircraft was located January 2011 by Clayton Kuhles of miarecoveries.org in Damrah, Arunchal Pradesh State, India.
The crew members were~
Major Harry Musinski, Commanding Officer and Pilot, from Gardner MA
2nd Lt Toney W Gochnauer, CoPilot, from Arlington VA
2nd Lt John B Frazier, Navigator, from Winnebago IL
2nd Lt George R Maupin, Bombardier, from Sharling CO
TSgt Joseph P Kurta, Radio Operator, from Berlin Center OH
TSgt Wellington W Hull, Flight Engineer, from Casselton ND
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
SSgt Donah L Adams, Asst Radio Operator, from Lakeview TX
1st Lt Charles P Mortimer, Passenger, from Detroit MI
TSgt Edward W Higgins, Passenger, from Philadelphia PA
TSgt Jack R Ferguson, Passenger, from Sulphur Springs TX
SSgt Robert O Watson, Passenger, from Dallas TX
——
“The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced U.S. Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Toney W. Gochnauer, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 13, 2019.
In January 1944, Gochnauer was a assigned to the 425th Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14th Air Force, as a co-pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber aircraft. The aircraft (B-24J-25-CO Serial Number 42-73242, "Haley's Comet") disappeared on Jan. 25, 1944, while on a flight from Kunming, China, to Chabua, India. Following the aircraft's takeoff, no communication could be established and the crew did not reach its destination. The eight crewmembers and four passengers were subsequently declared Missing in Action, then ultimately declared dead Jan. 26, 1946. “
—from DPAA Announcements website
308th BG, 425th B Sq
CoPilot
This plane, B-24J #42-73242 ‘Haley's Comet', and its crew were assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Bombardment Squadron took off from Kunming Airfield in China on a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India. Three planes and crews were lost that day. In the book ‘China Up And Down' by John T Foster, he writes, ‘Disastrous Day Over Hump!' The plane was named after Lt Roger F Haley, Pilot, who was not on the plane the day it went missing. Instead, his replacement was Major Harry Musinski.
The wreckage of this aircraft was located January 2011 by Clayton Kuhles of miarecoveries.org in Damrah, Arunchal Pradesh State, India.
The crew members were~
Major Harry Musinski, Commanding Officer and Pilot, from Gardner MA
2nd Lt Toney W Gochnauer, CoPilot, from Arlington VA
2nd Lt John B Frazier, Navigator, from Winnebago IL
2nd Lt George R Maupin, Bombardier, from Sharling CO
TSgt Joseph P Kurta, Radio Operator, from Berlin Center OH
TSgt Wellington W Hull, Flight Engineer, from Casselton ND
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
SSgt Donah L Adams, Asst Radio Operator, from Lakeview TX
1st Lt Charles P Mortimer, Passenger, from Detroit MI
TSgt Edward W Higgins, Passenger, from Philadelphia PA
TSgt Jack R Ferguson, Passenger, from Sulphur Springs TX
SSgt Robert O Watson, Passenger, from Dallas TX
——
“The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced U.S. Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Toney W. Gochnauer, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 13, 2019.
In January 1944, Gochnauer was a assigned to the 425th Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14th Air Force, as a co-pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber aircraft. The aircraft (B-24J-25-CO Serial Number 42-73242, "Haley's Comet") disappeared on Jan. 25, 1944, while on a flight from Kunming, China, to Chabua, India. Following the aircraft's takeoff, no communication could be established and the crew did not reach its destination. The eight crewmembers and four passengers were subsequently declared Missing in Action, then ultimately declared dead Jan. 26, 1946. “
—from DPAA Announcements website
2nd LT USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
CoPilot
This plane, B-24J #42-73242 ‘Haley's Comet', and its crew were assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Bombardment Squadron took off from Kunming Airfield in China on a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India. Three planes and crews were lost that day. In the book ‘China Up And Down' by John T Foster, he writes, ‘Disastrous Day Over Hump!' The plane was named after Lt Roger F Haley, Pilot, who was not on the plane the day it went missing. Instead, his replacement was Major Harry Musinski.
The wreckage of this aircraft was located January 2011 by Clayton Kuhles of miarecoveries.org in Damrah, Arunchal Pradesh State, India.
The crew members were~
Major Harry Musinski, Commanding Officer and Pilot, from Gardner MA
2nd Lt Toney W Gochnauer, CoPilot, from Arlington VA
2nd Lt John B Frazier, Navigator, from Winnebago IL
2nd Lt George R Maupin, Bombardier, from Sharling CO
TSgt Joseph P Kurta, Radio Operator, from Berlin Center OH
TSgt Wellington W Hull, Flight Engineer, from Casselton ND
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
SSgt Donah L Adams, Asst Radio Operator, from Lakeview TX
1st Lt Charles P Mortimer, Passenger, from Detroit MI
TSgt Edward W Higgins, Passenger, from Philadelphia PA
TSgt Jack R Ferguson, Passenger, from Sulphur Springs TX
SSgt Robert O Watson, Passenger, from Dallas TX
——
“The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced U.S. Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Toney W. Gochnauer, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 13, 2019.
In January 1944, Gochnauer was a assigned to the 425th Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14th Air Force, as a co-pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber aircraft. The aircraft (B-24J-25-CO Serial Number 42-73242, "Haley's Comet") disappeared on Jan. 25, 1944, while on a flight from Kunming, China, to Chabua, India. Following the aircraft's takeoff, no communication could be established and the crew did not reach its destination. The eight crewmembers and four passengers were subsequently declared Missing in Action, then ultimately declared dead Jan. 26, 1946. “
—from DPAA Announcements website
308th BG, 425th B Sq
CoPilot
This plane, B-24J #42-73242 ‘Haley's Comet', and its crew were assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Bombardment Squadron took off from Kunming Airfield in China on a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India. Three planes and crews were lost that day. In the book ‘China Up And Down' by John T Foster, he writes, ‘Disastrous Day Over Hump!' The plane was named after Lt Roger F Haley, Pilot, who was not on the plane the day it went missing. Instead, his replacement was Major Harry Musinski.
The wreckage of this aircraft was located January 2011 by Clayton Kuhles of miarecoveries.org in Damrah, Arunchal Pradesh State, India.
The crew members were~
Major Harry Musinski, Commanding Officer and Pilot, from Gardner MA
2nd Lt Toney W Gochnauer, CoPilot, from Arlington VA
2nd Lt John B Frazier, Navigator, from Winnebago IL
2nd Lt George R Maupin, Bombardier, from Sharling CO
TSgt Joseph P Kurta, Radio Operator, from Berlin Center OH
TSgt Wellington W Hull, Flight Engineer, from Casselton ND
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
SSgt Donah L Adams, Asst Radio Operator, from Lakeview TX
1st Lt Charles P Mortimer, Passenger, from Detroit MI
TSgt Edward W Higgins, Passenger, from Philadelphia PA
TSgt Jack R Ferguson, Passenger, from Sulphur Springs TX
SSgt Robert O Watson, Passenger, from Dallas TX
——
“The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced U.S. Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Toney W. Gochnauer, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 13, 2019.
In January 1944, Gochnauer was a assigned to the 425th Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 14th Air Force, as a co-pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber aircraft. The aircraft (B-24J-25-CO Serial Number 42-73242, "Haley's Comet") disappeared on Jan. 25, 1944, while on a flight from Kunming, China, to Chabua, India. Following the aircraft's takeoff, no communication could be established and the crew did not reach its destination. The eight crewmembers and four passengers were subsequently declared Missing in Action, then ultimately declared dead Jan. 26, 1946. “
—from DPAA Announcements website
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