For almost forty years, 2nd Lieutenant Harvey E Landrum, Jr. was classified as missing in action. He was a P-39 fighter pilot who was a veteran of 51 missions. On 22 Mar 1944, he was returning to combat duty after leave in Australia. He boarded B-24 bomber for a 45-minute "jumper", Flight 42-41081 from Port Moresby. The 3-man crew and 19 servicemen onboard Flight 081 never reached Nadzab.
In 1982, wreckage was discovered on Mount Thumb, near Nadzab, on Papua, New Guinea (now Indonesia). It was determined his death occurred instantaneously during the mountainside crash of Flight 081. Forensic analysis identified his remains which were subsequently interred in his family's hometown of Kilgore, Texas on 05 Feb 1983.
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Servicemen who perished on B-24D #42-41081:
Allred, Robert E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IA
Atkins, Harold T ~ 1st Sgt, Passenger, MT
Barnard, Charles R ~ Capt, Passenger, OH
Butler, Clint P ~ Sgt, Passenger, AR
Carpenter, Thomas J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Frazier, Weldon W ~ 1st Sgt, Passenger, TX
Geis, Raymond J, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
Ginter, Frank ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, NY
Gross, Stanley G ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, IL
Holm, Keith T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NE
Kachorek, Joseph E ~ T/4, Passenger, WI
Landrum, Harvey E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, TX
Lawrence, Stanley C ~ Sgt, Passenger, WI
Loop, Carlin E ~ Pfc, Passenger, KS
Mettam, Joseph B ~ Cpl, Passenger, CA
Samples, Charles, Jr ~ Sgt, Passenger, WV
Shrake, William M ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, IN
Staseowski, John J ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, MA
Steiner, Charles R ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, OH
Thompson, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Walker, Melvin F ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, WI
Young, Emory C ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, IL
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For almost forty years, 2nd Lieutenant Harvey E Landrum, Jr. was classified as missing in action. He was a P-39 fighter pilot who was a veteran of 51 missions. On 22 Mar 1944, he was returning to combat duty after leave in Australia. He boarded B-24 bomber for a 45-minute "jumper", Flight 42-41081 from Port Moresby. The 3-man crew and 19 servicemen onboard Flight 081 never reached Nadzab.
In 1982, wreckage was discovered on Mount Thumb, near Nadzab, on Papua, New Guinea (now Indonesia). It was determined his death occurred instantaneously during the mountainside crash of Flight 081. Forensic analysis identified his remains which were subsequently interred in his family's hometown of Kilgore, Texas on 05 Feb 1983.
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Servicemen who perished on B-24D #42-41081:
Allred, Robert E ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, IA
Atkins, Harold T ~ 1st Sgt, Passenger, MT
Barnard, Charles R ~ Capt, Passenger, OH
Butler, Clint P ~ Sgt, Passenger, AR
Carpenter, Thomas J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Frazier, Weldon W ~ 1st Sgt, Passenger, TX
Geis, Raymond J, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
Ginter, Frank ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, NY
Gross, Stanley G ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, IL
Holm, Keith T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, NE
Kachorek, Joseph E ~ T/4, Passenger, WI
Landrum, Harvey E, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, TX
Lawrence, Stanley C ~ Sgt, Passenger, WI
Loop, Carlin E ~ Pfc, Passenger, KS
Mettam, Joseph B ~ Cpl, Passenger, CA
Samples, Charles, Jr ~ Sgt, Passenger, WV
Shrake, William M ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, IN
Staseowski, John J ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, MA
Steiner, Charles R ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, OH
Thompson, Robert C ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Walker, Melvin F ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, WI
Young, Emory C ~ 2nd Lt, Passenger, IL
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2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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Entered the service from Texas.
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