American Aircraft Lost in India During World War II
Posted: 09 Apr 08, 5:26 amI am posting this letter from Lisa Phillips, President of World War II Families for the Recovery of the Missing:
As President of WWRM (WWII Families for the Return of the Missing) we are very grateful for the help that the Indian Government and the People of India are providing to help bring resolution to the families of our missing from WWII. We also wholeheartedly welcome the March 19 announcement by Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp, the Commander of the US Defense Departments Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), that JPAC will conduct on-site surveys of World War II crash sites in India beginning this year .
If there are others that know of crash sites in India could you please notify WWRM at wwiimissing@gmail.com, lphillips5@fairpoint.net or you can visit our website at http://www.wwiimissing.com.
As a family member of a missing service member from the China, Burma, India (CBI) Theatre myself I know the heartache it brings to not have resolution. My uncle's C-47 was lost on its way to Calcutta on 17 May 1946 from Rangoon, Burma. We are also looking for a crash site near Chabua, India that went down on 25 May 1944. At that time a local herb gardener had visited the site and saw three bodies outside of the aircraft. The herb gardener took 3 ID bracelets and 5 guns from the site and gave these items to the authorities at the time. The US Gov't never made it back to the site. If anyone has information on that crash site I would like to share it with his spouse as she has waited over sixty years for any news of what may have happened to her husband. Thank you again for the efforts that you are making.
Sincerely,
Lisa Phillips, President
WWRM (WWII Families for the Return of the Missing)
As President of WWRM (WWII Families for the Return of the Missing) we are very grateful for the help that the Indian Government and the People of India are providing to help bring resolution to the families of our missing from WWII. We also wholeheartedly welcome the March 19 announcement by Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp, the Commander of the US Defense Departments Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), that JPAC will conduct on-site surveys of World War II crash sites in India beginning this year .
If there are others that know of crash sites in India could you please notify WWRM at wwiimissing@gmail.com, lphillips5@fairpoint.net or you can visit our website at http://www.wwiimissing.com.
As a family member of a missing service member from the China, Burma, India (CBI) Theatre myself I know the heartache it brings to not have resolution. My uncle's C-47 was lost on its way to Calcutta on 17 May 1946 from Rangoon, Burma. We are also looking for a crash site near Chabua, India that went down on 25 May 1944. At that time a local herb gardener had visited the site and saw three bodies outside of the aircraft. The herb gardener took 3 ID bracelets and 5 guns from the site and gave these items to the authorities at the time. The US Gov't never made it back to the site. If anyone has information on that crash site I would like to share it with his spouse as she has waited over sixty years for any news of what may have happened to her husband. Thank you again for the efforts that you are making.
Sincerely,
Lisa Phillips, President
WWRM (WWII Families for the Return of the Missing)