Pacific Wrecks - Sgt Howard Rothman poses with B-24D "Galloping Gus"

Missing In Action (MIA)

Prisoners Of War (POW)

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)

Chronology

Sgt Howard Rothman poses with B-24D "Galloping Gus"
On January 21, 1944 radar operator and gunner B-24J Liberator 42-72999 crashed outside Tarawa Lagoon and was declared Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: USAAF, 7th AF, 30th BG, 38th BG Date: January 1944
B&W Enlargement

High Resolution Version
Acquire This Image |

Contribute Information
Do you have photos or additional information?

Make A Donation | Previous Page | Pacific Wrecks

Interviews & Oral Histories