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Pilot 2nd Lt. Edwin A. Christian, O-743314 (MIA / KIA) AL MIA March 3, 1944 MACR 3310 Aircraft History Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC) in Burbank. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as F-5B-1-LO Lightning serial number 42-67363 photographic reconnaissance version. Disassembled and shipped overseas and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group (6th PRG), 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (25th PRS). No known nickname or nose art. When lost, engines V-1710 serial numbers 94860 and 30560. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. No known nickname or nose art. Mission History On March 3, 1944 took off from Nadzab Airfield No. 4 (APO 713 Unit 1) piloted by 2nd Lt. Edwin A. Christian on a photographic reconnaissance mission over Tadji. Weather was clear. No information about this aircraft was received after take off. When it failed to return and was declared Missing In Action (MIA). Search On March 5, 1944 a photographic reconnaissance over But, Dagua, Boram and Madang failed to make any sighting of this aircraft, nor any fighters flying in this area. On March 6, 1944 fighters and a US Navy Catalina search the area, without result. Memorials Christian was officially declared dead on February 5, 1946. He earned the Purple Heart, posthumously. Christian is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - F-5B-1-LO Lightning 42-67363 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Edwin A. Christian FindAGrave - 2Lt Edwin A Christian (tablets of the missing) PNG Museum Aircraft Status Card - F-5B Lightning 42-67363 Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated May 16, 2025
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