![]() (l-r) Mishmi villagers, Tapir, and Clayton. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an four engined American heavy bomber that was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft. Miuli family elders with Clayton and Tapir. Three generations of the Miuli family with Clayton Kuhls. (l-r) Mountain guide with Tapir, and Clayton. Photo by: MIA Recoveries, Inc.Īnother shot of the hanging bridge. Mate Miuli, Tapir, and Clayton Kuhls before Cheppe. (l-r) Mate Miuli, Tapir, and Clayton Kuhls at the start of their trek to Cheppe. Shidibi Mountain, site of the wreckage, shrouded in clouds. ![]() Based at Soluch Field in Soluch (today Suluq and Benina International Airport, Libya) as part of the 514th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, it failed to return from an Apbombing raid on Naples, Italy. ![]() View of the wreckage in India where the remains of Lieutenant Bob King and nine other servicemen rest on a mountainside more than two miles high. Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator, AAF serial number 41-24301, which flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He’s been working to recover remains from them ever since. The pilot, copilot, navigator and bombardier were the officer positions. Last photo of my aircraft The Nancy Anne a B-24H Liberator. The normal B-24 crew was 10 men of which 4 were officers and 6 were enlisted men. The people he met there told him of crash sites throughout the mountains. Robert Gillman Crew, Fifteenth Air Force, 745th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group. Photo by: MIA Recoveries, Inc.Ĭlayton Kuhls drive to climb the most challenging mountains led him to India. The B-24 was a bomber but in this case he and his crew were flying not bombs, but cargo between India and China to support Chinese troops fighting the Japanese. B-24L 'Stevonovitch II' of the of the 464th Bomber Group hit by German anti-aircraft fire over Lugo, Italy, out of the crew of 10 only 1, the bombardier, survived. Photo by: MIA Recoveries, Inc.įirst Lieutenant Robert King was in command of a B-24 nicknamed the Flub Dub. War weary aircraft at the Wheeler Field graveyard (Waieli Gulch airstrip), Oahu, Hawaii. He was scheduled to come home after that mission-78 years later, now there’s a chance that he will. The group started out with about 3 trained crews of 10 men for every B-24. Firstly Im sure you mean to say 735th Bomber Squadron, which together with 732nd BS,733rd BS and 734th BS were all part of the same Bomber Group. First Lieutenant Robert King lost his life trying to get through some of the most dangerous flying weather on Earth.
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