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Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
Time: | 1:35 |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 44-40787 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | South China Sea 125 miles east of Hongkong -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Missing in service. B-24J #44-40787 took off from Liuchow, China on a combat sea sweep mission. They attacked a five ship convoy that was accompanied by a destroyer and are believed to have been shot down by the anti-aircraft guns on that destroyer and crashed at sea. The entire crew of 7 were lost.
Armstrong, Jasper B ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, LA
Hansen, Hans G ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, CA
Morrison, Robert J ~ T/Sgt, Radar Observer, MA
Streeter, Glenn C ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, OH
Throgmorton, Raymond S ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
Young, Robert W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TN
Zalusky, Le Roy J ~ FO, Co-Pilot, MN
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp Most of my information is from letters my Grandmother received from the WAR DEPARTMENT "The Adjutant General's Office Edward F. Witsell
Images:
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2021 17:15 |
zski71 |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo] |
02-Jul-2023 07:17 |
RDV |
Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo]] |