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James D. McDowell

James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.

James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.  Originally from Vincennes, IN, he was lost with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part of India-China Wing, Air Transport Command (ATC).  The members of this flight were:

1) Pilot: 2nd Lt. James D. McDowell

2) Co-pilot: 1st Lt. Carl F. Christian

3) Radio Operator: Clarence I. Anderson

4) Crew Chief: Frank B. DiPaola 

Click here to see the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for this crew.

(Image at the top courtesy of Mr. Samuel J. McDowell.)

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