B-24

Report on group mission no. 131, SEA SEARCH OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA, 5 June 1944.

Chinese paratroops getting ready to board a converted B-24, tail number #330594. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

A 373rd Bombardment Squadron (308th Bm Grp) crew poses at the nose of 'Nip Nipper', a B-24D1, serial #42-72837, probably in a revetment at Yangkai, early in 1944. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

The B-24 "80 Days" in a revetment somewhere in China. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

Andrew Sustarsic, who disappeared on December 18, 1944, on a L.A.B. mission, flying as navigator on a B-24. His family has been kind to share about him with us, and to show us that he will never be forgotten.

2nd Lt. Lyle L. Schulzkump, pilot of B-24 #42-100040, that disappeared on May 26, 1944, on a L.A.B. mission. About this flight, of a Consolidated B-24J-65-CO Liberator, http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1942_5.html says: "Crashed into mountain 50 mi S of Mengtze, China near present border of Vietnam May 26, 1944 while on radar recon mission to Hainan Island. All aboard killed. From China Up...

"Bob" Fensler grew up an active youth in the Tule Lake, California, area, as in this image, as a young hunter with his dog. Model airplanes hanging from the ceiling of Robert Fensler\'s bedroom in the 1930s. Capt. Robert Wilson Fensler, 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, was tragically lost in 1943 while flying on a B-24, "The Pregnant Swan,"...

Shows intense activity in the Hong Kong raid - B-24's came in high - we came in just above water - Heavy cloud to right top of photo is from B-24 bombs. From an October 16, 1944, mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

B-24s flying in the CBI.

B-24 bomber "The Snark" in flight in the CBI. From the collection of Hal Geer.