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MACR 16368

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Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)  16368 for the loss of a B-25 "Lonesome Polecat" with the crew of Blades, Weaver, Lee, Shirley, Minden, Cave, Lyman, Frederick, and Kelly in 1943 near Tian Hoa (Tianhe), Canton.

Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Elden E. Shirley, S/Sgt., from Saco, Maine, bombardier on the B-25, lost in the CBI on 8 May 1943. A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo. (Image at top, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)