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1st Lt Howard T. Lurcott poses with
B-24D "Galloping Gus"
On
January 21, 1944
pilot
B-24J Liberator 42-72999
crashed outside
Tarawa Lagoon
and was declared Missing In Action (MIA) and later his remains were recovered and buried on Tarawa and identified on January 28, 2019.
Credit: USAAF, 7th AF, 30th BG,
38th BG
Date: January 1944
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