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by Leondus
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:23 am
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: C-46 Meiduobai Mountain, Tibet
Replies: 4
Views: 8532

oops!

Claire N. Pieren, not Pierren
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-740113

John Boynton, not Synton
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 31149588

Both Sattig and Pieren, were both promoted to 1st Lieutenant after the going missing.
by Leondus
Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Finding of death reports??
Replies: 2
Views: 5471

Thanks for the info. I also just found out about the 293 file, Individual Deceased Personnel File for KIAs. U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Public Affairs Office (FOIA) 200 Stovall Street Alexandria, VA 22332-0404. Enclosed in the letter the requestor should cite the Freedom of Information Act (F...
by Leondus
Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: C-46 Meiduobai Mountain, Tibet
Replies: 4
Views: 8532

41-24723

From what I can tell she has not been located and the crew is still MIA Station #11 ICW-ATC (India-China Wing, Air Transport Command) Eastern Sector C-46 41-24723, took off from Mohanbari on a course heading Sookerating, Ledo, Chanyi with the intended destination for Chanyi, China. Pliot Pierren, Cl...
by Leondus
Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:58 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Remains of 9 WWII airmen identified (B-24 42-40972)
Replies: 0
Views: 4359

Remains of 9 WWII airmen identified (B-24 42-40972)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Investigators have identified the remains of nine World War II airmen whose bomber disappeared over Papua New Guinea in 1943, officials said. The Department of Defense made the announcement Tuesday. The crash site was found in 2002 after a local government official contacted a team...
by Leondus
Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:33 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: JPAC Deploys to Papua New Guinea
Replies: 5
Views: 8879

B-25 41-30771
MARC 1544

Any info about that plane, Daniel?
by Leondus
Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:11 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Finding of death reports??
Replies: 2
Views: 5471

Finding of death reports??

Hi,

I was going over a MARC and noted the word "All Dead" and was wondering if they would be a report on how they came to that conclusion.
by Leondus
Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:54 pm
Forum: Books, Video & Other Media
Topic: Fix on the Rising Sun
Replies: 3
Views: 8939

Hi,

Do you have any URLs with info about the other clippers that were deystroyed?
You gotta think, if they could send agents to deystroy and even capture a cliper. they could have had a hand with Amelia Earhart..

When I get the cash handy, I gotta get Fix on the Rising Sun.
by Leondus
Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:29 pm
Forum: Books, Video & Other Media
Topic: Fix on the Rising Sun
Replies: 3
Views: 8939

Wow!!!

Its like something out of a old B&W movie.
by Leondus
Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:19 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: C-46 Meiduobai Mountain, Tibet
Replies: 4
Views: 8532

Let me know if you find anything on C-46A-25-CU 41-24723

I'm getting two lost dates
29 APR 1944 'Damaged beyond repair.'
27 Mar 1944 'MACR 3495'
by Leondus
Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:56 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: submarine found
Replies: 4
Views: 10315

Post-war examination of Japanese records revealed the most likely reason for Lagarto?s silence. One of the two escorts, the minelayer Hatsutaka, made an attack on 3 May against a submerged submarine in 30 fathoms of water at 07?55'N, 102?00'E. In May 2005, a group of private deep-sea divers, led by ...
by Leondus
Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:12 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: C-47A 42-24215
Replies: 1
Views: 5623

C-47A 42-24215

C-47A Dakota 42-24215 http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/42-24215.html Found at http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter.html 08 June, 2006 U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 527-06 June 8, 2006 Missing WWII Servi...
by Leondus
Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:09 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Kiska PBY-5
Replies: 0
Views: 6113

Kiska PBY-5

Never forgotten Missing in a lost grave on a remote Alaskan island for 60 years, the remains of a World War II aviator are coming home to Colorado By Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News May 26, 2006 On the treacherous, frostbitten face of the remote Alaskan volcano, a wildlife biologist saw the ragged ...
by Leondus
Sat May 27, 2006 12:30 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Need Plane Serial Number on P-38 Lost 7/11/43
Replies: 3
Views: 7430

49th Fighter Group, 9th Fighter Squadron (The Flying Knights)
http://www.flyingknights.net/

They had three KIA's from 10-11th
Archie Davis
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First Lieutenant Frederick J. Sibley, KIA on the 10th
Sergeant Frederick H. Bente, KIA on the 11th
by Leondus
Thu May 25, 2006 5:30 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: 1st Lt Frank P Giugliano (42-100225)
Replies: 0
Views: 5788

1st Lt Frank P Giugliano (42-100225)

Originally published on May 20, 2006 BY ADAM NICHOLS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER WWII hero home at last Airman lost in jungle 60 yrs. is laid to rest The remains of WWII airman Lt. Frank Giugliano, who disappeared in Southeast Asia on April 16, 1944, were laid to rest yesterday in Queens. It took 1st Lt...
by Leondus
Thu May 25, 2006 2:31 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: B25J 44-29760
Replies: 4
Views: 8692

National Archives and Records Administration, has MARC's at really good prices.
Mine would have ran me $4.25 for 9 pages.

http://www.nara.gov/[url]http://www.nara.gov/[/url]