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Pilot F/O Robert P. Hutson (KIA, BR) Pine Bluff, AR Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Melvin L. Kinney, O-669483 (KIA, BR) Boulder, CO Crew SSgt Frank A. Wise (KIA, BR) Annville, PA Crew Cpl Sidney Israel (KIA, BR) Passenger Cpl Henry Edward Conway, 43081 4 Sqn, RAAF (KIA, BR) Shorncliffe, QLD Passenger LAC John Brough Tarrant, 51601 4 Sqn, RAAF (KIA, BR) Vale, VIC Passenger LAC Harold Edward Stocker, 75207 4 Sqn, RAAF (KIA, BR) Pomona, QLD Crashed August 27, 1943 at 10:25am MACR none Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company. Constructors Number 9560. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as C-47A-30-DL Skytrain serial number 42-23698. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 317th Troop Carrier Group (317th TCG), 46th Troop Carrier Squadron (46th TCS). No known nickname or nose art. Registered in Australia as VH-CGZ. Mission History On August 27, 1943 took off piloted by F/O Robert P. Hutson with a cargo of bombs and ammunition bound for Wau Airfield. Aboard as passengers were three Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel: Conway, Tarrant and Stocker. When this aircraft failed to arrive it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Search Afterwards, C-47s searched for this aircraft, which was located from the air during early September 1943. An Australian Army patrol walked to the crash site in the middle of September 1943. Wreckage In fact, this C-47 crashed near Winima, roughly 12 miles southwest of Wau. On impact, the munitions aboard exploded and scattered wreckage over a wide area. Wreckage and items were scattered over a wide area. Recovery of Remains After the crash, the remains of the crew and passengers were recovered. A leather wallet with photographs marked "H. E. S." [Stocker] was located some distance from the crash site and recovered. This wallet was returned to his widow, Annie Dorothy Stocker. Postwar, the Americans were transported to the United States for permanent burial. Memorials The entire crew was officially declared dead the date of the mission. Australians were buried at Lae War Cemetery. Conway at H. C. 14, Tarrant at H. C. 16. Stocker K. A. 16. Hutson is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Pine Bluff, AR. During 1948, Kinney was permanently buried at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, CO. On October 29, 2002 Wise was buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, PA. Israel has an unknown burial presumably in his hometown in the United States. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - C-47A-30-DL Skytrain 42-23698 PNG Museum Aircraft Status Card - C-47 Dakota 42-23698 RAAF Casualty File (NAA: A705, 166/38/257) CWGC - Henry Edward Conway CWGC - John Brough Tarrant CWGC - Harold Edward Stocker FindAGrave - Robert Porter Hutson (Graceland Cemetery) FindAGrave - Melvin L Kinney (photo, obituary, grave photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Frank A Wise (memorial marker photo) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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