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acknowledges Brian Bennett, the CILHI Field Officer in Papua New Guinea, for discovering the below site :

UNRESOLVED CASE - B-24J # 42-100225 of the 408th Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group

CILHI Chief Field Officer, Brian Bennett has once again found another definite MIA site through deploying his network of native inhabitants. Brian has discovered human remains at an aircraft crash site at an atlitude of 4,500 feet in the Finesterre Ranges.

Date of loss : 16 April 1944 (Black Sunday)

Crew:

Capt Thomas C Paschal 0-888688 Pilot
2nd Lt John A Widsteen 0-691166 Co-pilot
1st Lt James P Gullion 0-803142 Navigator
1st Lt Frank P Giugl iano 0-673063 Bombardier
2nd Lt Leland A Rehmet 0-752627 Observer
S/Sgt Elgin J Luckenbach 18106009 Engineer
S/Sgt Marion B May 38108748 Assist.Engineer
S/Sgt Richard F King 34350910 Radio Operator
Sgt Marshall P Borofsky 16172175 Assist.Radio Operator
S/Sgt Will iam Lowery 15089215 Gunner
Sgt Walter G Harm 33184186 Gunner

Engines: Four R-1830-65s, serial numbers: 42-88101, BP425763, 8P-425921, 42-42281

On return from the Black Sunday mission to Hollandia, this Liberator disappeared in bad weather. It was last sighted out to sea, north of Saidor. The site was excavated in 2002, and crew remains recovered.

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