7th Bombardment Group

L B Kriner was a gunner 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. He was the son of Walter R...

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...

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. Vincent DePaul Burns was the 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 take off from Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. Much appreciation for materials provided at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70052267/vincent-depaul-burns and Anna.

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...

A bit of gambling and drink in 7th Bomb Group, 492nd Bomber Squadron, in 1945. Photo from C. H. Serra.

"Our living quarters." 493rd Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group. Asansol, India, during WWII.

Japanese transport in the Gulf of Martaban. Bomb run from 4000 ft with eight 500 lb bombs. Pilot Lt. Sloan, 9th Bomb Squadron. February 27, 1943.

Major General H. C. Davidson, 10th AF, and Col. H. T. Alness, 7th Bombardment Group, chat in the CBI. Photo from Carl H. Fritsche, 492nd Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group.

Take-off crash of 7th Bomb Group, 436th Bomb Squadron, B-24 on November 11, 1944. Tail number #440814. In Pandeveswar, India. Photo from W. A. Delahay. In the CBI.