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B-24J #42-73308 Expedition Photo Gallery

On 25 January 1944 this aircraft from the 14th Air Force, 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron departed Kunming, China for Chabua, India on a routine ferrying mission. It never arrived in Chabua. From a report dated 20 November 1944, this plane was still listed as “Missing in routine flight”. Dead: 8.

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  • Wreckage 1
  • Wreckage 2
  • Wreckage 3
  • Wing with tree growing under it
  • Engine 1
  • Engine 2
  • Engine 3
  • Propeller
  • Panel showing construction number ID
  • Hot as Hell
  • Crew 1
  • Crew 2
  • Pilot 1st Lt. William A. Swanson
  • Co-Pilot F/O Sheldon L. Chambers
  • Navigator 1st Lt. Irwin Zaetz
  • Bombardier 1st Lt. Robert Eugene Oxford
  • Gunner Sgt. Alfred H. Gerrans, Jr.
  • Family members of B-24J #42-73308 and Clayton (C.)
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