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This website was established by Clayton Kuhles. The purpose of this website is to disseminate information about my ongoing expeditions in Burma, India, Bangladesh and China to locate and document missing-in-action (MIA) Allied aircraft lost in that area of Asia during World War II. I attempt to account for the MIA military personnel who were aboard these aircraft when they mysteriously disappeared. The information posted on this website is intended to help bring some level of closure to the surviving relatives and friends of these long-missing men.
During World War II, the Allies lost hundreds of aircraft in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of operations. The losses were incurred by the US Army Air Corp (forerunner of the US Air Force), the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and to a lesser degree the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and the Chinese Air Force (CAF). Although hostile fire from Japanese forces accounted for many Allied aircraft losses in the CBI theater, the majority of Allied crashes were caused by inhospitable weather, mechanical failure, or navigational error. Click here for more information.
Missing Aircrew Report for C-46 #41-24717
This aircraft was on a cargo mission from Chabua to Ondal, India. The plane crashed on 24 March 1944, killing all of the crew. Dead: 4. Clayton located the crash site on a jungle-covered hill north of Itanagarh in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. While investigating the site, Clayton found the engraved silver ID bracelet of one of the crewmen: A.B. Stavinoha. The Stavinoha family has since been located in Fort Bend, TX and the ID bracelet has been returned to Cpl. Arnold B. Stavinoha's sisters Viola and Elenora.
Click here for more details on this crash and for reports on other crash sites
Click here for photographs of this crash site
Wreckage of C-47 #42-24360 |
Landing gear from unidentified C-87 in NE India |
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