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Jorhat

MACR 5023 BOOK

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Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5023 (three pages total), for a crew of four missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII, lost while on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part of Air Transport Command (ATC).  The full list of members of this flight were:

 

1) Pilot: 2nd Lt. James D. McDowell

2) Co-pilot: 1st Lt. Carl F. Christian

Camp site of the 1382nd Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company, possibly at Jorhat, India. During WWII.
Clarence Anderson on base stateside during military training. Clarence Anderson with family during his period of training. Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). Clarence went...
A woman in Jorhat, India, carries dried dung for fuel. During WWII.
The "Swing Sahibs," made up of musician and singer GIs, play music at Jorhat, India, during WWII.
"Hobbie"--Kid at Tezpur, Jorhat, India, during WWII.
Hot water heater in Jorhat, India, during WWII.
Oscar Chapman, and John Turner pose with a Kachin man at Jorhat, India, during WWII.
Two US flyers catch rays in Jorhat, India, 1944. On the right, Loyal S Marrs Jr. served his country in World War II with the 1330th AFBU. Sadly killed on a flight. In the CBI. Photo from Chick Marrs Quinn.
John Turner and waif outside of a Jorhat, India, restaurant, during WWII.