Pacific Wrecks Forum

I came across this Reuters article on a number of bodies in a mass grave on Attu Island, Alaska. According to the article, this was the only American territory to see direct combat with Japanese soldiers. Soldiers' remains found on remote Alaska island Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:19PM EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska ...

Great map Leondus. thank you. Although not likely to have gone down in the New Britain Trench, that is very deep water. We did a conversion of the 8940 meter depth shown on the map and that converts to 29,641 feet or nearly 6 miles deep. The pinpointed location appears to not be that deep, but likel...

Additional review of the MACR indicates the plane was headed to "Kokopo Supply" on a bombing mission. Web site at:http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FCAS.AWM.GOV.AU%252FPROD%252FGL.ACCEPT_LOGIN%253FSCREEN_NAME%253DCAS_SEARCH_PKG.PR_SEARCH_BY_LINK%2526SCREEN_PARMS%253DACID%257EPS_QUERY_TYP...

Dan and Leondus, I just received my MACR report today onthe los of plane 42-65143, a b-25-G-1. The plane had the crew listed above and were lost due to bad weather--"weather very bad--turbulence in thunderhead severe--lost control o fthe plane. They were listed as "battle casualty" Location was at 6...

Leondus, please email me at wfahrbach@woh.rr.com

My son Lincoln and I would appreciate anything that you have come up with.

Wes

Leondus,

I am also sending for this particular MACR. If you should find additional information on weather, etc. that does not show up in the MACR, please advise.

I am no relative, but have become very interested in this particualr airman and his experiences.

Thanks.

Wes in Ohio

Do you have a connection to this particular plane and crew?

I downloaded portions of the 42nd history called "The Crusaders--a History of the 42nd Bombardment Group (M)" and on page 96 it mentions 1Lt Phillips. The portion of the page says "June opened with the 69th, 75th and 100th in combat at Sterling and the 70th and 390th in the Russells. Lt. Bert Granth...

Regarding my question concerning the air medal and the 8 Oak Leaf Clusters---A poster on another forum who was a gunner in WWII indicates you got an air medal after 10 combat missions. Each Oak Leaf cluster was for an additional 10 combat missions. If accurate, my question on Sgt. Stickel would indi...

Daniel, thank you so much for the prompt response. You added another piece to the puzzle. I have enjoyed reading your other posts on this subject of lost air crews. Does your information confirm this crew was listed in the MACR #5661 and that it was plane 42-65143? Being new at this type of research...

My son and I are doing research on a S/Sgt Harry Stickel who was a bombardier on a B-25 listed as MIA on June 6, 1944 off of New Britain. No known relatives to contact at this point. Our interest initially was due to his being an Ohio state swimming champion, All American and member of a National Re...