1944

'Page 2 of the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #10093 indicating the loss of Henry E. Miehe, who went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. For more about Mr. Miehe, please click here If you have additional information regarding Mr. Miehe, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the \'Provide Info\'...

'Page one (of four) of the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #10093 indicating the loss of Henry E. Miehe, who went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. For more about Mr. Miehe, please click here If you have additional information regarding Mr. Miehe, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the...

Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. (Additional photo of Henry E. Miehe in India courtesy of Chris Davis) Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. Lt. Miehe went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, Yunnan province, China, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. The Missing Air Crew Report...

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...

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

Reed D. Deen was tragically lost with the rest of his B-24 bomber crew in 1944. 1st Lt. Reed D. Deen O-689137, Bombardier, Entered service from Sebastian County, AR. Parents: Father: John D. Deen 10MAR67---31MAR32 Mother: Lee Ola 6MAY74---7APR65 (frequently written as Lee and Leslia) Siblings: Deen Vera B. 7JUN94---25MAY68 Deen Olin K. 5 FEB02-- 28NOV91 Deen Knoble 25APR04--4AUG69 (Occasionally...

1st Lt. Albert Lloyd Haynes Jr. of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, 14th Air Force. Lt. Albert (Pappy) Haynes was a P-40 (#43-11365) pilot who was shot down and lost on July 5th, 1944 over Hengyang, Hunan Province returning from escorting B-25s after taking off from Guilin. Albert's thoughts of flying came from his grandfather's side of the...

Al's notation is "Burning everything before evacuation." American hostels at the base burn during the American and Chinese retreat before the Japanese arrive in the fall of 1944. Guangxi province, Liuzhou air base.

The notation provided by Al on the back of the photo is simply, "Waiting to evacuate." This is just prior to the Japanese over running the base (at Liuzhou or Guilin) in October 1944, as part of Ichigo.