"B" Flight aviation cadet pilots at Williams Field in Arizona
(Standing left to right) Max E. McKinnon, Lt. C. R. Broussard and John W. McGuyrt, Jr.
(Kneeling left to right)
Donald F. McBreen, Louis L. Longman, Murtha J. McCarthy and Charles A. Lukens
On July 21, 1943
2nd Lt. Murtha J. McCarthy piloting P-38 Lightning on his first combat mission to escort B-25 Mitchells over Bogadjim went Missing In Action (MIA).
On April 16, 1944 1st Lt. Louis L. Longman piloting P-38J Lightning 42-104390 on a mission mission to escort A-20 Havocs over Hollandia and returning encountered a severe weather front and went Missing In Action (MIA). Credit: USAAF Date: April 1943
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