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B-24 Liberator 42-40505 (Mr Five By Five)
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| Profile |
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| Service
| US Army Air Force |
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| Unit
| CRTC |
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| Location
| Papua New Guinea |
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| Year Recovered
| 2003 |
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| Further Details |
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Departed Nadzab Strip #1 at 06:46 on October 9, 1944 for a local training flight bound for Port Moresby. The aircraft went missing near Nadzab after running into a thunderstorm.
The US Embassy in Papua New Guinea notified CIL-HI on February 19, 2002 that the wreckage of the aircraft had been found, along with identification tags of the crew members.
A CIL-HI recovery team excavated the site in 2003 which led to the identification of eight of the nine crew members on board in May 2005. |
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| Personnel |
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2/Lt Hugh L Johnson, Jr, O-828444 (Pilot)
2/Lt Byron L Stenen, O-776106 (Co-Pilot)
2/Lt John F Green, O-20544568 (Navigator)
2/Lt John M Meisner, O-777903 (Bombardier)
Cpl Michael J Pushkar, 3387420 (Engineer)
S/Sgt Walter Knudsen, 17029283 (Gunner)
Cpl John A DeCarlo, 12206062 (Asst Radio Operator)
Cpl Robert E Raney, 35147448 (Radio Operator)
Cpl William G Mohr, 33874202 (Gunner) |
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| References |
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| Terri Knudsen. |
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