Flight Engineer, Technical Sergeant, U. S. A. Air Forces
17th. Air Force In China
Lost In Flight---Kunming, China to Chabua, India
Distingushed Flying Cross; Air Medal; Purple Heart;
Good Conduct Medal; Citation Of Honor
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 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, Engineer, from Casselton ND
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
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
17th. Air Force In China
Lost In Flight---Kunming, China to Chabua, India
Distingushed Flying Cross; Air Medal; Purple Heart;
Good Conduct Medal; Citation Of Honor
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 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, Engineer, from Casselton ND
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
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
Flight Engineer, Technical Sergeant, U. S. A. Air Forces
17th. Air Force In China
Lost In Flight---Kunming, China to Chabua, India
Distingushed Flying Cross; Air Medal; Purple Heart;
Good Conduct Medal; Citation Of Honor
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 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, Engineer, from Casselton ND
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
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
17th. Air Force In China
Lost In Flight---Kunming, China to Chabua, India
Distingushed Flying Cross; Air Medal; Purple Heart;
Good Conduct Medal; Citation Of Honor
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 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, Engineer, from Casselton ND
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
SSgt John W Karns, Asst Flight Engineer, from Everett PA
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