Thank you for your heroism! You are not forgotten. His name is commemorated on a monument located at Aviation Martyrs Cemetery in Nanjing, China.
Left by Mark Esller on 8 Jan 2020
He served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on C-46A # 41-12397, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allen County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 1, 1942 in La Fayette, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
C-46A # 41-12397 took off, with a crew of 4, from Chengking, China on a cargo mission to Mohanbari, India. After departing from Chengking they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
John was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Service # O-671806
John also has a "Cenotaph" in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on C-46A # 41-12397:
Boyer, Robert E ~ Pfc, Radio Operator, NY
Hartzenbeller, Joseph P ~ Corp, Engineer, SD
Stevenson, Henry C, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MI
Tone, John F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IN
Only the remains of 1st Lt. Stevenson were found.
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Left by Mark Esller on 8 Jan 2020
He served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on C-46A # 41-12397, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allen County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 1, 1942 in La Fayette, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
C-46A # 41-12397 took off, with a crew of 4, from Chengking, China on a cargo mission to Mohanbari, India. After departing from Chengking they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
John was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Service # O-671806
John also has a "Cenotaph" in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
" Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-46A # 41-12397:
Boyer, Robert E ~ Pfc, Radio Operator, NY
Hartzenbeller, Joseph P ~ Corp, Engineer, SD
Stevenson, Henry C, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MI
Tone, John F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IN
Only the remains of 1st Lt. Stevenson were found.
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you for your heroism! You are not forgotten. His name is commemorated on a monument located at Aviation Martyrs Cemetery in Nanjing, China.
Left by Mark Esller on 8 Jan 2020
He served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on C-46A # 41-12397, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allen County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 1, 1942 in La Fayette, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
C-46A # 41-12397 took off, with a crew of 4, from Chengking, China on a cargo mission to Mohanbari, India. After departing from Chengking they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
John was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Service # O-671806
John also has a "Cenotaph" in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
" Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-46A # 41-12397:
Boyer, Robert E ~ Pfc, Radio Operator, NY
Hartzenbeller, Joseph P ~ Corp, Engineer, SD
Stevenson, Henry C, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MI
Tone, John F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IN
Only the remains of 1st Lt. Stevenson were found.
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Left by Mark Esller on 8 Jan 2020
He served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on C-46A # 41-12397, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allen County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 1, 1942 in La Fayette, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents.
C-46A # 41-12397 took off, with a crew of 4, from Chengking, China on a cargo mission to Mohanbari, India. After departing from Chengking they were not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
John was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
Service # O-671806
John also has a "Cenotaph" in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
" Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on C-46A # 41-12397:
Boyer, Robert E ~ Pfc, Radio Operator, NY
Hartzenbeller, Joseph P ~ Corp, Engineer, SD
Stevenson, Henry C, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MI
Tone, John F, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IN
Only the remains of 1st Lt. Stevenson were found.
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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