308th Bombardment Group

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,"...

B-24 bombers in flight over water, with land in the background. Note the different paint scheme on the two planes, and shark teeth on the right plane. Tail number 440780 on the left plane should make this "Red Hot Riding Hood," with the 374th Bombardment Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group.

Paul J. Koerner, born around 1917, was son of Mrs. Gertrude Gibbons who resided in Hagerstown, Maryland. He had his tonsils and adenoids removed at Washington County Hospital in June 1938, at around age 21. Paul J. Koerner enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1940, prior to the start of war, in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time...

Originally 11th Bombardment Squadron. Mother Florence Sayer, sister one year younger, Jay C. He resided in Twin Falls County, Idaho prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 20, 1941 in Portland, Oregon. ASN: 19005450 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5346 We have learned a bit about him from kind family members, but we would...

Included below is part of the story of James D. Vaughn who disappeared, along with the rest of the crew with him on their B-24 bomber on a mission of the coast of China, in 1944. We have graciously been given access to many materials on Mr. Vaughn by his family, and will make it all available here. Please also...

We are very excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew, one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy, and she has been gracious to share with us much about her biological father, whom she never met. She made a...

GIs pose next to artwork of the tail of B-24 "Open For Business" of the 308th Bombardment Group.

We rolled into Bronte, Texas—one odd errant American and two journalists from China—unsure of what to expect. We were all a long way from home, but for Mr. SUN Hong, a reporter from the Liuzhou Daily, and Mr. HUANG Xiling, a videographer from the Liuzhou TV Station, the rolling mesquite-covered earth was a world away from the karst mountain country...