Looking back to the nearby road from the site where the American serviceman's remains are believed to be located.

Map showing location of presumed U. S. serviceman's remains north of Hengyang (the yellow thumbtack), in this view looking south towards Hengyang. This is roughly how Donald Lopez would have seen it all on his flight. Here is another view.< Compare this to the map drawn by memory by Donald Lopez, in Hayne's IDPF. (Map image courtesy of Google Earth)

Mr. HUANG Xiling and Patrick LUCAS at the site.

Village where the American serviceman's remains are believed to be located. The exact location is to the right of the camera.

The pond where the American serviceman's remains supposedly rest, with an elderly eyewitness, Mr. Peng, 84 years old, who was kind enough to recount everything he saw on that day 60 years before, and to personally take us to the site.

Crew of 341st Bombardment Group with B-25 in China on October 26, 1944. Radio--Name unclear, but possibly William J. Rhoades, S/Sgt, radio-gunner; assigned 23 May 44. Pilot - 2Lt. Trent Biswell, Jr.; assigned 14 Mar 44. Tail gun - David E Murphy, Jr., T/Sgt; assigned 10 Feb 44, listed as engineer-gunner on several missions; usually would have been dorsal turret...

Soldiers of the 14th Air Force, aided by Chinese soldiers and workers, remove bombs from the ammunition dump preparatory to abandoning the Hengyang Airfield.