*NOTE: The nearest relatives of Major Musinski have been located by the manager of this memorial in 2012.
MAJOR USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Commanding Officer and Pilot
He was the son of Konstanty and Josephine S Musnicki. His sister was Mary Musnicki Dockum. His family is buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner MA. Harry was quite the football star in high school, and he excelled and lettered in football and baseball, and was the equivalent of an 'All-American' candidate. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1936 and graduated from American International College in 1940.
He also has a cenotaph in his family cemetery next to his parents here Major Harry H Musinski
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 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
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From 1936 Gardner High School Argus Yearbook-
he was known as Moosh, favorite saying: Tiger! , his ambition was to have the blonde always near! "Playing football helps 'Moosh' with the Girl Scouts as well as to win many friends. General Course; letters in football 3,4; basketball 3; basketball numerals 4; swimming 4, Athletic Ball Committee." In the class will he bequeaths "A Girl Scout manual to read while he is a hermit at Snake Pond."
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-Many thanks to Pam with the City of Gardner, Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner MA, for providing information and photos, and Lindsay in Gardner!
MAJOR USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Commanding Officer and Pilot
He was the son of Konstanty and Josephine S Musnicki. His sister was Mary Musnicki Dockum. His family is buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner MA. Harry was quite the football star in high school, and he excelled and lettered in football and baseball, and was the equivalent of an 'All-American' candidate. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1936 and graduated from American International College in 1940.
He also has a cenotaph in his family cemetery next to his parents here Major Harry H Musinski
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 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
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From 1936 Gardner High School Argus Yearbook-
he was known as Moosh, favorite saying: Tiger! , his ambition was to have the blonde always near! "Playing football helps 'Moosh' with the Girl Scouts as well as to win many friends. General Course; letters in football 3,4; basketball 3; basketball numerals 4; swimming 4, Athletic Ball Committee." In the class will he bequeaths "A Girl Scout manual to read while he is a hermit at Snake Pond."
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-Many thanks to Pam with the City of Gardner, Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner MA, for providing information and photos, and Lindsay in Gardner!
*NOTE: The nearest relatives of Major Musinski have been located by the manager of this memorial in 2012.
MAJOR USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Commanding Officer and Pilot
He was the son of Konstanty and Josephine S Musnicki. His sister was Mary Musnicki Dockum. His family is buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner MA. Harry was quite the football star in high school, and he excelled and lettered in football and baseball, and was the equivalent of an 'All-American' candidate. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1936 and graduated from American International College in 1940.
He also has a cenotaph in his family cemetery next to his parents here Major Harry H Musinski
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 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
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From 1936 Gardner High School Argus Yearbook-
he was known as Moosh, favorite saying: Tiger! , his ambition was to have the blonde always near! "Playing football helps 'Moosh' with the Girl Scouts as well as to win many friends. General Course; letters in football 3,4; basketball 3; basketball numerals 4; swimming 4, Athletic Ball Committee." In the class will he bequeaths "A Girl Scout manual to read while he is a hermit at Snake Pond."
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-Many thanks to Pam with the City of Gardner, Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner MA, for providing information and photos, and Lindsay in Gardner!
MAJOR USAAF WWII MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Commanding Officer and Pilot
He was the son of Konstanty and Josephine S Musnicki. His sister was Mary Musnicki Dockum. His family is buried at Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner MA. Harry was quite the football star in high school, and he excelled and lettered in football and baseball, and was the equivalent of an 'All-American' candidate. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1936 and graduated from American International College in 1940.
He also has a cenotaph in his family cemetery next to his parents here Major Harry H Musinski
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 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
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From 1936 Gardner High School Argus Yearbook-
he was known as Moosh, favorite saying: Tiger! , his ambition was to have the blonde always near! "Playing football helps 'Moosh' with the Girl Scouts as well as to win many friends. General Course; letters in football 3,4; basketball 3; basketball numerals 4; swimming 4, Athletic Ball Committee." In the class will he bequeaths "A Girl Scout manual to read while he is a hermit at Snake Pond."
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-Many thanks to Pam with the City of Gardner, Levi Heywood Memorial Library, Gardner MA, for providing information and photos, and Lindsay in Gardner!
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Massachusetts.
