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Does MACR 4926, list the search?

IIRC the case should have been reviewed and closed in 1946 or 1947?? but could be wrong

SIOUX CITY, IA - Staff Sgt. Walter Knudsen was remembered as an American hero at a service for the soldier who was killed when his plane crashed during a training mission over New Guinea during World War II. Knudsen and eight crew members were on the B-24D bomber when it crashed 61 years ago. A vil...

Remains Found In China Identified As Missing WWII Airmen Tue, 09 May '06 Fallen C-46 Crew Will Receive Proper Burial, 62 Years Later The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that two members of a four-man Army Air Force crew... missing in action since the days of World War I...

Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 03:33:21 am CDT Remains of WWII navigator to return to St. Joseph for service ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Helen Pennington was young and pregnant when the plane carrying her first husband crashed during a World War II mission. But the widow was unable to bury David Epprigh...

or it could stand for 'Headquarters Base Support'?

Hey all,

Would anyone know what the "HBS" stands for in Group HBS?
I think it might stand for Heavy Base Support.
It was over MARCs and noted it was the only group to lose a plane.

TIA

Hi

Any detailed info on 42-100225?
like mission, flight path or MARC# ?

Thanks for posting the plane number.

Staff Sergeant, William Lowery Service # 15089215 408th Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bomber Group, Heavy In 2001, a man hiking in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea saw something sparkling on the ground and picked it up. Examining the object, he saw it is a ring that clearly belonged to an American. The v...

Staff Sergeant, Richard F. King Service # 34350910 408th Bomber Squadron, 22nd Bomber Group, Heavy MOULTRIE - Staff Sgt. Richard Fowler King's bombing mission to Indonesia was successful. But he never came back from the World War II mission. King's B-24J Liberator ran into a tropical storm off the c...

From http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter.html 14 April, 2006 WWII flier remains found The Norman Transcript, Oklahoma Military funeral service set Saturday in Duncan By Carol Cole LaVoice Forbes still carries a tiny, dog-eared photo in her wallet. The couple-inch-wide photo is of her only sibling, World ...

Salisbury Post http://www.salisburypost.com/area/309492454136954.php Missing Flying Tiger headed home at last By Steve Huffman Eloise Kennedy Mahn never met her great-uncle, but still felt a sense of relief upon hearing that his remains had been identified. "Now, we can finally put closure to the wh...

Wow! I was just going to post the news myself.

Do you have any info on were the plane/remains was found?

Thanks

Please note This is not my best work. I mostly do hobby terrain building tips or wargaming stuff with very few words and mosty all photos) William Leondus Hutchison Carson, Ms MIA 8 July 1944 Last three pages of MARC http://www.leondus.com/Scan0002.gif Page 5 http://www.leondus.com/Scan0001.gif Pag...