Polchlopek

On May 20, 1944 the B-24 bomber 'Puck' took off on a sea sweep mission under leadership of the lanky pilot, Donald Richardson. The plane (#42-73317) and crew disappeared. The crew were: 1st Lt. Donald G. Richardson, Pilot 1st Lt. Frank L. Munson, Co-pilot 1st Lt. James P. ‘Jim' Gilbert, Navigator 1st Lt. Linus J. Austin, Bombardier TSgt. Cecil L...

A couple with their young baby boy, probably at Yangkai (Yangjie), in Yunnan province.

An image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--A man directs traffic in India (top), and a poor elderly woman sits in China. Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a B-24 mission to strike Japanese shipping.

Local people in the Yangkai, Yunnan province, area. In the bottom image, Walter and another US serviceman can just be made out in back of the men who have risen from their meal in order to take the picture.

Walter S. Polchlopek\'s wife and baby son. His son as a young child. His son as a proud member of the ROTC--but as a sole surviving son of a war loss, he was in fact not eligible for ROTC, and and was eventually removed. ---INCOMPLETE DRAFT--- In progress--- Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, was lost on May 20, 1944, over the...