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75th Fighter Squadron

Images of escorting P-40 Warhawks with a painted shark's mouth somewhere over southern China, Indochina, or Burma during WWII, as taken from the tail gunner's window on a B-25 bomber. Close in is the P-40 nicknamed "Princess," tail number 155. Who is this man in the cockpit? This plane is likely of 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group.
A sketch of "Vurgie" done in China in 1943 by the artist and prolific Hollywood actor Don Barclay. James C. Vurgaropulos's nephew and brother in 2008. James C. Vurgaropulos lost his life after a crash in China as he strafed a ground target in his P-40 (serial no. 42-104941) on Jun 29 1944. Lt. Vurgaropulos was on a mission leading...
Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Albert L. Haynes, MIA, China.