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1Lt Charles Howard Mortimer

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1Lt Charles Howard Mortimer Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
26 Jan 1946 (aged 34)
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Memorial ID
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1ST LT CHARLES H MORTIMER. M.D., USAAF WWII
308th BG, 425th B Sq
ID: O1689697
Hometown: Westchester County, NY
Flight Surgeon

He was the son of James Charles Mortimer and Gertrude M Johnson Mortimer. His brother was James Preston Mortimer, Sr.

He obtained his medical degree and completed his internship at Saint Vincent's Hospital, New York< New York, circa 1940. He made his home at Detroit, MI with his wife, Madelyn A 'Madge' Mortimer.


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 NEAR DAMRAH, ARUNACHAL 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 H 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
1ST LT CHARLES H MORTIMER. M.D., USAAF WWII
308th BG, 425th B Sq
ID: O1689697
Hometown: Westchester County, NY
Flight Surgeon

He was the son of James Charles Mortimer and Gertrude M Johnson Mortimer. His brother was James Preston Mortimer, Sr.

He obtained his medical degree and completed his internship at Saint Vincent's Hospital, New York< New York, circa 1940. He made his home at Detroit, MI with his wife, Madelyn A 'Madge' Mortimer.


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 NEAR DAMRAH, ARUNACHAL 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 H 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

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New York.



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