Page 1 of mission report #143 which mentions the loss Ernest W. Garner in China during 1945.

Page 2 of mission report #143 which mentions the loss Ernest W. Garner in China during 1945.

Robert Frederick Riese, shown here with flight jacket and 'blood chit' in China. A short biography by daughter Barbara: My father, Robert Frederick Riese, was born 19 October 1919 in York, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Robert A and Olga (Latterman) Riese. He married Cora Ilene Wilt on 1 November 1940. Dad was a devoted father to their three...

Two African-American soldiers load artillery shells into canvas-wrapped bamboo baskets for transport in the CBI during WWII.

The crew of B-24J #42-73315 when on August 14, 1944 they departed their base in Kurmitola India to fly fuel and supplies over the Himalayas to US Army Air Forces based in Liuchow China. Their plane crashed immediately after takeoff, killing all aboard. 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. These men were in the #42-73315 incident on...

1Lt Edward H. Karger was the navigator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. Edward graduated from the University of...

2nd Lt. Marlin S. Savidge was co-pilot on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on August 14, 1944 during take off from Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. Lt. Savidge was born on September 19...

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