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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

William Harris Crawford White

William H. C. White, 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river.
Memorial poem and scripture from Clemson Memorial Service, December 7, 1944, where Lt. White and others were remembered. (Courtesy of Clemson University TigerPrints.) We hope to create here the story of William H. C. White, 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to...
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Crew Posing Before B-25 "Niagra's Belle"

Posing beside B-25J # 439, "Niagra's Belle", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, are crewmembers; (left to right, back) Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), S/Sgt Joseph T. Young (flight engineer), Lt Arthur J. White, Jr., (bombardier); (front) T/Sgt James E. Starling and S/Sgt John H. McGee. Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. Later Ken Bridges (January 19, 1945) and John McGee (April 2, 1945) were Killed In Action.
Posing beside B-25J # 439, "Niagra's Belle", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, are crewmembers; (left to right, back) Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), S/Sgt Joseph T. Young (flight engineer), Lt Arthur J. White, Jr., (bombardier); (front) T/Sgt James E. Starling and S/Sgt John H. McGee. Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. Later Ken Bridges (January 19, 1945) and John McGee...
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Search for crash site of Arnold, Keating, White, and Smith

At the actual crash site at the bank of the Yangtze (Changjiang) river, in Anhui province on November 10, 2007, near Liuhe village, Wangjiang county.
At the actual crash site at the bank of the Yangtze (Changjiang) river, in Anhui province on November 10, 2007, near Liuhe village, Wangjiang county. Mr. Feng (79 years old), who arrived at the crash scene in the afternoon on the day of the crash in 1943, recounts to Patrick Lucas, of Remembering Shared Honor, what he saw there. Mr...
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Search for crash site of Arnold, Keating, White, and Smith

After a day of search and verification, the crash site was finally confirmed at coordinates 30 20.654 N 116 53.688 E, which is about 14 miles from Anqing city (listed as "Anking" in war-era documentation).
After a day of search and verification, the crash site was finally confirmed at coordinates 30 20.654 N 116 53.688 E, which is about 14 miles from Anqing city (listed as "Anking" in war-era documentation). Note that this location much more closely matches the estimated distance from Anqing, at 12 miles, given in the accounts by the crew of the...
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Search for crash site of Arnold, Keating, White, and Smith

Eyewitnesses: On December 30, 1943 two American B-25s bombers took off from the Suichuan airbase ...
On December 30, 1943 two American B-25s bombers took off from the Suichuan airbase (Jiangxi province) and proceeded north to search the Yangtze (Changjiang) river for Japanese targets of opportunity. Finding a Japanese gunboad on the river near Anqing city (Anking) in Anhui province, the first B-25 made an attack run on the ship, then the second plane followed, but...
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MACR 10068 (Harold V. Robbins, Jr)

'Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Harold V. Robbins, Jr., who was lost near Liuzhou on November 7, 1944. We hope to have more information here on Mr. Robbins in the future. If you have additional information regarding Mr. Robbins, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the \'Provide Info\' function below. For more about our MIA-KIA memorial project, please click here'
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Harland B. Keating

Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river.
Harland B. Keating in flying gear in posed image from August 6, 1942. (Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.) Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to never forget. To read about our search and visit to Harland Keating...
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Lynnwood W. Smith

Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river.
A picture of Lynnwood Smith on a shelf in the home of one of his kin, in 2007. (Photo by Patrick Lucas.) Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river. During the summer of 2007 his nephew and family was gracious to share their...
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