CPT US Army Air Forces
He attended Westfield High School and attended Rutgers University, receiving a bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1939 before serving with the Army Air Corps. On March 27, 1944, a C-46 crewed by these four airmen departed a base in Kunming, China, on route to Sookerating, India, as part of the massive allied resupply missions over the Himalayan Mountains, referred to as the "Hump." En route one of the crewmen called out for a bearing, suggesting the aircraft was lost. There was no further communication with the crew. The aircraft never reached its destination, and searches during and following World War II failed to locate the crash site. The crew had flown from a base in northeastern India and were en route to Kunming, China, to supply Chinese troops fighting for the Allies.
He was survived by his brother, Thomas Herbert Wight, who died in 2002, and brother Phillip.
He attended Westfield High School and attended Rutgers University, receiving a bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1939 before serving with the Army Air Corps. On March 27, 1944, a C-46 crewed by these four airmen departed a base in Kunming, China, on route to Sookerating, India, as part of the massive allied resupply missions over the Himalayan Mountains, referred to as the "Hump." En route one of the crewmen called out for a bearing, suggesting the aircraft was lost. There was no further communication with the crew. The aircraft never reached its destination, and searches during and following World War II failed to locate the crash site. The crew had flown from a base in northeastern India and were en route to Kunming, China, to supply Chinese troops fighting for the Allies.
He was survived by his brother, Thomas Herbert Wight, who died in 2002, and brother Phillip.
CPT US Army Air Forces
He attended Westfield High School and attended Rutgers University, receiving a bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1939 before serving with the Army Air Corps. On March 27, 1944, a C-46 crewed by these four airmen departed a base in Kunming, China, on route to Sookerating, India, as part of the massive allied resupply missions over the Himalayan Mountains, referred to as the "Hump." En route one of the crewmen called out for a bearing, suggesting the aircraft was lost. There was no further communication with the crew. The aircraft never reached its destination, and searches during and following World War II failed to locate the crash site. The crew had flown from a base in northeastern India and were en route to Kunming, China, to supply Chinese troops fighting for the Allies.
He was survived by his brother, Thomas Herbert Wight, who died in 2002, and brother Phillip.
He attended Westfield High School and attended Rutgers University, receiving a bachelor's degree from Columbia in 1939 before serving with the Army Air Corps. On March 27, 1944, a C-46 crewed by these four airmen departed a base in Kunming, China, on route to Sookerating, India, as part of the massive allied resupply missions over the Himalayan Mountains, referred to as the "Hump." En route one of the crewmen called out for a bearing, suggesting the aircraft was lost. There was no further communication with the crew. The aircraft never reached its destination, and searches during and following World War II failed to locate the crash site. The crew had flown from a base in northeastern India and were en route to Kunming, China, to supply Chinese troops fighting for the Allies.
He was survived by his brother, Thomas Herbert Wight, who died in 2002, and brother Phillip.
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