23rd Fighter Group

A gate in a city wall in China during WWII. '

GIs and Chinese man inside a temple in China, probably a Confucian or Daoist temple. During WWII.

Rex B. Gouger, member of the 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, in China in 1944.

A sketch of "Vurgie" done in China in 1943 by the artist and prolific Hollywood actor Don Barclay. James C. Vurgaropulos's nephew and brother in 2008. James C. Vurgaropulos lost his life after a crash in China as he strafed a ground target in his P-40 (serial no. 42-104941) on Jun 29 1944. Lt. Vurgaropulos was on a mission leading...

'Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Harold V. Robbins, Jr., who was lost near Liuzhou on November 7, 1944. We hope to have more information here on Mr. Robbins in the future. If you have additional information regarding Mr. Robbins, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the \'Provide Info\' function below. For more about our MIA-KIA memorial project, please click here'

John C. "Pappy" Herbst, 23rd FG, and his P-51B "Tommy's Dad." (Thanks jbarbaud for the info update!) From the collection of Hal Geer.

'In this location we will have a biography on Dik E. Edwards ,who gave his life in China during the war. As a pilot in the 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, who flew many dangerous missions, and took on many responsibilities, but the greatest of all was to be a loving brother, even while stationed half a world away...

Jerome F. Eisenman (23rd Fighter Group, 76th Fighter Squadron), lost on a mission in Guangxi, near Liuzhou city. We have been given much gracious help in this by his family, who has also told us about the person Jerome Eisenman was, and we plan to share it all here.

Howard Krippner, lost on a mission in China. (23rd Fighter Group, 76th Fighter Squadron). While very tragic, it also reminds us that family bonds and affection can stretch literally across decades.

Col. Ed McComas and another man in front of Col. McComas' P-51D fighter (#44-11280) during WWII in the CBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._McComas