2nd Lt Thomas C. Cartwright crew poses with B-24 Liberator 157
(Standing left to right) James M. Ryan, Durden
W. Looper, Thomas C. Cartwright and Roy Giderson
(Kneeling left to right) Hugh Atkinson, Buford J. Ellison, William E. Abel, John A. Long and Frank Baker
On July 28, 1945 Cartwright, Ryan, Looper, Atkinson, Ellison, Able and Long were aboard B-24J "Lonesome Lady" 44-40680 on a mission against Kure and bailed out and became Prisoners Of War (POW). Ryan, Looper, Atkinson, Ellison, were detained at the detained at the Chugoku Kempei-Tai Headquarters in Hiroshima and all died August 6, 1945 by the atomic bomb. Only Cartwright and Able survived captivity and were liberated at the end of the Pacific War.
Credit: USAAF Date: 1945
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