USAAF
5th AF
8th FG
80th FS
C. Wintawa 2004
Pilot Howard B. Donaldson, O-746061 (MIA / KIA) WA
MIA December 22, 1943
MACR 16251
Wartime History
Took off on a mission to escort B-25 over Wewak. After recieving combat damage to one engine, pilot feathered
it and turned for base. His other engine burst into flames, nosed over
and crashed into a swamp 35 miles behind Wewak. The pilot has never been found.
Wreckage
Visted during the recovery of P-38H
42-66534 by Classic
Jets Museum / HARS on June 14, 2003. Salvage by Robert Jarrett (?) to Australia and trade to Precision Aerospace.
Memorials
Memorialized in the 'tablets of the missing' at Manila American Cemetery.
References
"Lighting On The Sepik Plains" by Robert Jarrett & Margaret Jarrett, Classic
Wings Issue 43, June 2004 pages 36-37
P-38
MIA
3.59
143.30
