USAAF
5th AF
35th FG
41st FS

Pilot  2nd Lt. John H. Hartsfield, O-677035
MIA  February 14, 1944
MACR  15852

Aircraft History
Assigned to the 41st Fighter Squadron.

Mission History
While returning from a mission from Wewak area, the engine was smoking and glided downward, and crashed a quarter mile west of Annanberg. Pilot Hartsfield parachuted at low level.

Wreckage
Reportedly near Annanberg, this wreck was visited by a Patrol Officer in 1946.

John Douglas adds:
"The Patrol Office located a grave, from which remains were removed."

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