USAAF
5th AF
345th BG
499th BS
Former Assignments:
22nd BG
Pilot 2/Lt Russell N Erum, O-796800 (MIA/KIA)
Co-Pilot 2/Lt Mack L Sims, Jr., O-735828 (MIA/KIA)
Radio T/Sgt Raymond O Blair, 39317307 (MIA/KIA)
Gunner S/Sgt Robert J Edwards (MIA/KIA)
Crashed March 26, 1944
MACR 4496
Aircraft History
Assigned to the 345th BG on January 31, 1944. Crew chief was Mottern. Engines: R-2600-13 serial numbers 42-77606 and 41-27771. Possibly nicknamed 'The Ringmaster'.
Mission History
Took off from Nadzab Airfield. Lost on a local transition flight, believed to have crashed in the mountains to the north-east, but have never been found. All declared KIA in 1949.
References
Bruce Hoy PNG Museum Status Card
Warpath Across The Pacific page 144, 369, 387
Thanks to Daniel Leahy for additional information
B-25
MIA
6.17
146.38
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