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MACR 5023 BOOK

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Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5023 (three pages total), for a crew of four missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII, lost while 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 Air Transport Command (ATC).  The full list of members of this flight were:

 

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

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

B-24 "Nip Nipper" Modified

Nose art of a Consolidated B-24 bomber "Nip Nipper." This is later in the war, and the B-24 has been modified to carry cargo, with the nose guns (and much more) removed.
Nose art of a Consolidated B-24 bomber "Nip Nipper." This is later in the war, and the B-24 has been modified to carry cargo, with the nose guns (and much more) removed.
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Clarence I. Anderson

Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). 
Clarence Anderson on base stateside during military training. Clarence Anderson with family during his period of training. Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). Clarence went...
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VIP Steps Out Of C-87 Transport

A VIP steps out of a converted B-24 to C-87 aircraft in the CBI during WWII. Photo from Robert Lichty.
A VIP steps out of a converted B-24 to C-87 aircraft in the CBI during WWII. Photo from Robert Lichty.
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B-24 "Fate's Rebuke"

A B-24 (or C-87) named 'Fate's Rebuke' in the CBI. From the collection of David Firman, 61st Air Service Group.
A B-24 (or C-87) named 'Fate's Rebuke' in the CBI.
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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...
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Frank B. DiPaola

Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.
Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII. Originally from Hartford, CT, 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...
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