Member of U.S. Army Air Corp , 308th Bomb Squadron. He was flying in a B-24D (tailnumber 42-40069, called the "Pregnant Swan") during World War II taking supplies from India to China over an area of the Himalayas called "The Hump" in bad weather when his plane went down.
The plane was discovered on September 20, 2008 by Clayton Kuhles of Arizona during a trek to India, he was exploring the Northeastern state, called Arunachal Pradesh, and found seven airplanes, including the Pregnant Swan.
The plane was at an elevation of 3,000 feet en route to its scheduled destination according to Kuhles.
The other men on the plane were Major Robert Fensler, Lt. Phillip Huffman, Lt. Frederick Ossenfort, Lt. Harvey Nix, Sgt. Erle Thayer, Sgt. Aubrey Stevenson, Sgt. Norman Price, Sgt. Louis Verhagen and Sgt. Sandav Rivardo.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Stanton County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
The plane was discovered on September 20, 2008 by Clayton Kuhles of Arizona during a trek to India, he was exploring the Northeastern state, called Arunachal Pradesh, and found seven airplanes, including the Pregnant Swan.
The plane was at an elevation of 3,000 feet en route to its scheduled destination according to Kuhles.
The other men on the plane were Major Robert Fensler, Lt. Phillip Huffman, Lt. Frederick Ossenfort, Lt. Harvey Nix, Sgt. Erle Thayer, Sgt. Aubrey Stevenson, Sgt. Norman Price, Sgt. Louis Verhagen and Sgt. Sandav Rivardo.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Stanton County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
Member of U.S. Army Air Corp , 308th Bomb Squadron. He was flying in a B-24D (tailnumber 42-40069, called the "Pregnant Swan") during World War II taking supplies from India to China over an area of the Himalayas called "The Hump" in bad weather when his plane went down.
The plane was discovered on September 20, 2008 by Clayton Kuhles of Arizona during a trek to India, he was exploring the Northeastern state, called Arunachal Pradesh, and found seven airplanes, including the Pregnant Swan.
The plane was at an elevation of 3,000 feet en route to its scheduled destination according to Kuhles.
The other men on the plane were Major Robert Fensler, Lt. Phillip Huffman, Lt. Frederick Ossenfort, Lt. Harvey Nix, Sgt. Erle Thayer, Sgt. Aubrey Stevenson, Sgt. Norman Price, Sgt. Louis Verhagen and Sgt. Sandav Rivardo.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Stanton County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
The plane was discovered on September 20, 2008 by Clayton Kuhles of Arizona during a trek to India, he was exploring the Northeastern state, called Arunachal Pradesh, and found seven airplanes, including the Pregnant Swan.
The plane was at an elevation of 3,000 feet en route to its scheduled destination according to Kuhles.
The other men on the plane were Major Robert Fensler, Lt. Phillip Huffman, Lt. Frederick Ossenfort, Lt. Harvey Nix, Sgt. Erle Thayer, Sgt. Aubrey Stevenson, Sgt. Norman Price, Sgt. Louis Verhagen and Sgt. Sandav Rivardo.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Stanton County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
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