Pacific Wrecks - Captain Charles N. McArthur crew pose with B-17 Flying Fortress at Port Moresby

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Captain Charles N. McArthur crew pose with B-17 Flying Fortress at Port Moresby
(Standing left to right) ?, ?, Cpl George N. Neuman, ? and SSgt Joseph C. Whitelaw.
(Kneeling left to right) Captain Charles N. McArthur (pilot), Lt. Robert Kaplan (co-pilot), Bird (navigator) and William Singer (bombardier).
The lower portion of the photograph has black where captions have been censored leaving only 92560 A.C.
On April 17, 1943 McArthur, Neuman and Whitelaw were aboard B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24425 that experienced a sudden down draft and collided with B-17F "Dinah Might ?" 41-24355 then crashed into the sea off Hood Point with the entire crew of seven listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: 43rd BG via Down Under Date: 1943
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