1st LT USAAF WWII - MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Pilot
He was the son of Horace McKee Huffman, Sr and Mary Reynolds of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His siblings were Jeannette, Horace McKee Jr, Marion, and Robert Huffman.
He enlisted in the service 19 April 1941 at Hartford, Connecticut. At the time, he had completed four years of college, was single, was 72 inches tall and weighed 159 lbs.
He had worked as a salesperson in his civilian life.
B-24D #42-40069 ‘The Pregnant Swan' and its crew were lost on the Hump on 20 March 1943 while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. It was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron and was on its original flight to Kunming to begin work in China.
The plane had been cleared from Chabua, India to Kunming, but the location when it
encountered problems and the nature of the loss are unknown. There were no survivors. The crew members were~
Maj Robert W Fensler, ASN O-397377, Command Pilot, from CA
1st Lt Phillips G Huffman, ASN O-791437, Pilot, From OH
1st Lt Jerrold E Owens, ASN O-730158, CoPilot, from OK
1st Lt Frederick W Ossenfort, ASN O-791623, Navigator, from NY
1st Lt Harvey M Nix, Jr, ASN O-728506, Bombardier, from AL
TSgt Norman H Price, ASN 34232194, Radio Operator, from LA
SSgt Louis E Verhaegen, ASN 12078470, Asst Radio Operator, from NJ
TSgt Erle H Thayer, ASN 37146430, Flight Engineer, from KS
SSgt Aubrey E. Stevenson, ASN 20828940, Asst Flight Engineer, from OK
SSgt. Sandow E Rivardo, ASN 32326460, Gunner, from NY
THE WRECKAGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED SEPTEMBER 2008 BY CLAYTON KUHLES OF miarecoveries.org NEAR ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE, INDIA.
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Pilot
He was the son of Horace McKee Huffman, Sr and Mary Reynolds of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His siblings were Jeannette, Horace McKee Jr, Marion, and Robert Huffman.
He enlisted in the service 19 April 1941 at Hartford, Connecticut. At the time, he had completed four years of college, was single, was 72 inches tall and weighed 159 lbs.
He had worked as a salesperson in his civilian life.
B-24D #42-40069 ‘The Pregnant Swan' and its crew were lost on the Hump on 20 March 1943 while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. It was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron and was on its original flight to Kunming to begin work in China.
The plane had been cleared from Chabua, India to Kunming, but the location when it
encountered problems and the nature of the loss are unknown. There were no survivors. The crew members were~
Maj Robert W Fensler, ASN O-397377, Command Pilot, from CA
1st Lt Phillips G Huffman, ASN O-791437, Pilot, From OH
1st Lt Jerrold E Owens, ASN O-730158, CoPilot, from OK
1st Lt Frederick W Ossenfort, ASN O-791623, Navigator, from NY
1st Lt Harvey M Nix, Jr, ASN O-728506, Bombardier, from AL
TSgt Norman H Price, ASN 34232194, Radio Operator, from LA
SSgt Louis E Verhaegen, ASN 12078470, Asst Radio Operator, from NJ
TSgt Erle H Thayer, ASN 37146430, Flight Engineer, from KS
SSgt Aubrey E. Stevenson, ASN 20828940, Asst Flight Engineer, from OK
SSgt. Sandow E Rivardo, ASN 32326460, Gunner, from NY
THE WRECKAGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED SEPTEMBER 2008 BY CLAYTON KUHLES OF miarecoveries.org NEAR ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE, INDIA.
1st LT USAAF WWII - MIA-KIA
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Pilot
He was the son of Horace McKee Huffman, Sr and Mary Reynolds of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His siblings were Jeannette, Horace McKee Jr, Marion, and Robert Huffman.
He enlisted in the service 19 April 1941 at Hartford, Connecticut. At the time, he had completed four years of college, was single, was 72 inches tall and weighed 159 lbs.
He had worked as a salesperson in his civilian life.
B-24D #42-40069 ‘The Pregnant Swan' and its crew were lost on the Hump on 20 March 1943 while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. It was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron and was on its original flight to Kunming to begin work in China.
The plane had been cleared from Chabua, India to Kunming, but the location when it
encountered problems and the nature of the loss are unknown. There were no survivors. The crew members were~
Maj Robert W Fensler, ASN O-397377, Command Pilot, from CA
1st Lt Phillips G Huffman, ASN O-791437, Pilot, From OH
1st Lt Jerrold E Owens, ASN O-730158, CoPilot, from OK
1st Lt Frederick W Ossenfort, ASN O-791623, Navigator, from NY
1st Lt Harvey M Nix, Jr, ASN O-728506, Bombardier, from AL
TSgt Norman H Price, ASN 34232194, Radio Operator, from LA
SSgt Louis E Verhaegen, ASN 12078470, Asst Radio Operator, from NJ
TSgt Erle H Thayer, ASN 37146430, Flight Engineer, from KS
SSgt Aubrey E. Stevenson, ASN 20828940, Asst Flight Engineer, from OK
SSgt. Sandow E Rivardo, ASN 32326460, Gunner, from NY
THE WRECKAGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED SEPTEMBER 2008 BY CLAYTON KUHLES OF miarecoveries.org NEAR ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE, INDIA.
308th BG, 425th B Sq
Pilot
He was the son of Horace McKee Huffman, Sr and Mary Reynolds of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His siblings were Jeannette, Horace McKee Jr, Marion, and Robert Huffman.
He enlisted in the service 19 April 1941 at Hartford, Connecticut. At the time, he had completed four years of college, was single, was 72 inches tall and weighed 159 lbs.
He had worked as a salesperson in his civilian life.
B-24D #42-40069 ‘The Pregnant Swan' and its crew were lost on the Hump on 20 March 1943 while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. It was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron and was on its original flight to Kunming to begin work in China.
The plane had been cleared from Chabua, India to Kunming, but the location when it
encountered problems and the nature of the loss are unknown. There were no survivors. The crew members were~
Maj Robert W Fensler, ASN O-397377, Command Pilot, from CA
1st Lt Phillips G Huffman, ASN O-791437, Pilot, From OH
1st Lt Jerrold E Owens, ASN O-730158, CoPilot, from OK
1st Lt Frederick W Ossenfort, ASN O-791623, Navigator, from NY
1st Lt Harvey M Nix, Jr, ASN O-728506, Bombardier, from AL
TSgt Norman H Price, ASN 34232194, Radio Operator, from LA
SSgt Louis E Verhaegen, ASN 12078470, Asst Radio Operator, from NJ
TSgt Erle H Thayer, ASN 37146430, Flight Engineer, from KS
SSgt Aubrey E. Stevenson, ASN 20828940, Asst Flight Engineer, from OK
SSgt. Sandow E Rivardo, ASN 32326460, Gunner, from NY
THE WRECKAGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED SEPTEMBER 2008 BY CLAYTON KUHLES OF miarecoveries.org NEAR ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE, INDIA.
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