1st Lt John R. Herdic (2nd from right) in front of a B-25 at Yangkai (Yangjie) airbase. 1st Lt John R. Herdic was born in 1921 in Williamsport, PA, where he grew up. He was attending college when WWII broke out and signed up for the Army Air Force in early 1942. He was sent to navigator school in Texas...

John Edward Guffin. He was lost with his whole bomber crew. In this place we will have a biography of John Edward Guffin. He was lost with his whole bomber crew, and we will soon tell this story here. His family has been very gracious to let us learn about him, and what his loss has meant to them.

Lt. Harold Ellis Greenberg (seen here in his high school graduation picture), India China Wing ATC, was tragically lost on 20 December 1943. Much appreciation to the family of Mr. Greenberg for sharing with us about this member of your family, and to Sheldon Goldberg, Lt. Colonel, USAF (Ret.), at JWV Lt. Harold E. Greenberg Post #692 for such great...

Lawrence Bowar was tragically lost in 1944 along with the whole crew of his B-24.

Corporal Robert L. Ziegler was lost on the American B-29 bomber # 42-6359, which crashed on December 7, 1944.

1st Lt. Phillips Gardner Huffman was lost on a flight on March 21, 1943, over the Hump on B-24 "The Pregnant Swan," #42-40069, while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. During the flight there was no radio "advice" sent out from the crew indicating any trouble. The craft simply disappeared on this, their first, flight over the treacherous altitudes...

2nd Lt. Paul S. Hite was killed while flying with another crew on March 26, 1943. The plane he was on crash on take off on a combat mission. Eight of the nine people on that flight died, with S/Sgt. Harvey Cook as the sole survivor. Lt. Hite enlisted on April 30, 1940. ASN O-791435. He was born on February...

Hubert F. Blades, S/Sgt., from Vicksburg, Mississippi, aerial gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943. A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo. (Image, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)