B-24 bomber #42-73317 was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a night mission to strike Japanese shipping. The crew were: 1st Lt Donald G. Richardson, Pilot 1st Lt Frank L. Munson, CoPilot 1st Lt James P. ‘Jim' Gilbert, Navigator 1st Lt Linus J. Austin, Bombardier TSgt Cecil L. Olson, Radio...

Patsy Gerrone (left), was sole survivor of the original crew, since he had been grounded for five days because of a cold, including on the day of the final flight. After the war, he corresponded with Elora, the wife of fellow machine gunner from the crew, Clifford Hamilton. Originally the men had been close, and Patsy had attended the earlier...

The B-24 bomber "Lady Flo."

Crashed B-25 being salvaged by the 12th Air Service Group in the CBI. During WWII.

The B-29 bomber "Jolly Roger" of the 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bomb Group, in the CBI during WWII (info courtesy of shootski). The nose wheel door says, "Thru these portals pass the worlds fastest..."

Cpl. Elmer Eugene Zobb, a crew chief in the 396th Air Service Squadron, 12th Air Service Group, was lost upon crash of a B-24, #41-23889 (which had been converted to transport configuration), after departure at around noon January 25, 1944, from Barrackpore, India, for a flight to Chabua, India, when the weather closed at Chabua, despite final contact with the...

A GI stands in a doorway of a building in China during WWII.

The B-24 "China Clipper" in the CBI, showing damage to one engine.