Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16368 for the loss of a B-25 "Lonesome Polecat" with the crew of Blades, Weaver, Lee, Shirley, Minden, Cave, Lyman, Frederick, and Kelly in 1943 near Tian Hoa (Tianhe), Canton.
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MACR 1488 for a C-46 (number 41-12406) flight of India China Wing ATC, which was tragically lost on 20 December 1943 on a flight from India to China in the CBI, during WWII.
The crew:
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Harold E. Greenberg, 0-796686
C/P: 2nd Lt. William R. White, 0-796253
R/O: Pvt. Russell E. Stanley, 32404305
A/E: Pfc. George C. Osborn, 34396150
MACR 1631
On this flight four men were lost:
2nd Lt. William C. Arnold, pilot
1st Lt. Harland B. Keating, co-pilot
1st Lt. William H.C. White, Bomber-navigator
Sgt. Lynnwood W. Smith, Engineer-gunner
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Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 12028 regarding the February 7, 1945 crash of a C-47 with the loss of two American personnel and 35 Chinese personnel at Tian'e ("Tungloa"), Guangxi province. There exists only a record of the names of the American personnel, as below.
Gregory, Carrol D Maj Pilot 0421574 MIA
Young, Ralph R. 2nd Lt. Co-pilot 0550952 MIA
Robie, Raymond J. Pfc Radio Operator 39564739 parachuted out and survived
Austin, George M Jr. Capt Flight surgeon 0461426 parachuted out and survived
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5023 (three pages total), for a crew of four missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII, lost while on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part of Air Transport Command (ATC). The full list of members of this flight were:
1) Pilot: 2nd Lt. James D. McDowell
2) Co-pilot: 1st Lt. Carl F. Christian
MACR 16397 for the crash of Lt. Vurgaropulos in 1944 near Changsha, China.
MACR 5346, related to B-24J L.A.B. bomber #42-100040 and crew that disappeared on May 26, 1944. Crew names were:
