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Oberst_Streib ha scritto:
Ehm siamo OT ma chissene.....     ma lo sai Yamato che sono anni che ho in testa di fare un B-24D che si chiama "Miss Carriage"... ho solo una foto o due di quell'aereo, non esisteranno le decals probabilmente, e non so nemmeno bene come stia a codici di reparto....ho il kit Academy li' da 10 anni, ma rimango in attesa....

Pilot  F/O John L. Stiles T-000237 (MIA / KIA) PA
Co-Pilot   2nd Lt Frank P. Baker, O-798725 (MIA / KIA) GA
Crew  2nd Lt John D. Elliott, O-670046 (MIA / KIA, remains recovered) AL
Crew  2nd Lt Dale R. Lawyer, O-674590 (MIA / KIA) IL
Crew  T/Sgt W. R. Hatcher, Jr., 38172903 (MIA / KIA) LA
Crew  T/Sgt Edward M. Tierney, 31172274 (MIA / KIA) Conimicut, RI
Crew  S/Sgt Mont O. Bower, 37217419 (MIA / KIA, remains recovered)
Crew  S/Sgt Virgil R. Harmon, 38174105 (MIA / KIA) LA
Crew  S/Sgt Wilson F. Harmon, 34144735 (MIA / KIA) TN
Crew  S/Sgt Ernest R. Huff, 13012678 (MIA / KIA) PA
Crashed  August 20, 1943

Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated. Assigned to the 90th Bombardment Group, 400th Bombardment Squadron. This B-24 flew some combat mission as an unnamed bomber, then was nicknamed "MIss Carriage" with nose art of a stork delivering a bomb.

Mission History
Took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a mission against Wewak. Departing the target, a Japanese fighter fired at this B-24 from extreme range and hit one of the engines, setting it on fire, and causing it to descend roughly 800', then both wings collapsed. Seven parachutes were observed, one on fire by other B-24s in the formation before the bomber exploded and crashed. Japanese fighters strafed the men in the parachutes until they landed roughly a mile from the target, and could not be determined if any survived.

Fates of the Crew
On March 7, 1944 Stiles was mentioned on an unofficial Japanese radio broadcast as a prisoner at Wewak. A Japanese broadcast on April 3, 1944 mentioned Lawyer and Baker as a prisoners at Wewak. [Read text of broadcast]. On April 14, 1944 the 400th BS was notified that a Japanese broadcast stated eight men were taken prisoner, believed to be from this B-24.

When the Australian Army captured the Wewak area in May 1945, they discovered on a Japanese cemetery on Mission Point with five graves with the names and dates: #1 Tierney, #2 Feehan, #3 Power, #4 Name Illegible, #5 Sheroden. All had a date of death listed as "Nov 1942" The date of death was deemed to be in error. After being exhumed and transported to the American Cemetery at Finschafen.

The remains in grave #1 as Tierney were determined to instead be P-38G Lightning pilot Feehan who was shot down August 21, 1943. Grave #3 was S/Sgt Mont O. Bower. The remains in grave #5 "Sheroden" were instead identified as 2nd Lt. John D. Elliott.

The remains of Stiles, Lawyer and Baker were never located, but presumed to have been taken prisoner and executed or otherwise died in captivity.

Memorials
Elliot is buried at Plot C Row 16 Grave 47 at Manila American Cemetery. Bower is buried at section 2, grave 1703 at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas. The other members of the crew were officially declared dead on January 12, 1945 and are memorialized on the tablets of the missing in Manila American Cemetery and a memorial marker at Arlington National Cemetery.

Relatives
Robert G. Stiles (brother)

References
Legacy of the 90th Bombardment Group page 74-75
The Jolly Rogers page 196
Jolly RogersWeb.com - Jolly Roger Details - Stiles, John L.
Daily Journal "Memories of WWII: After kamikaze attack, pilot's body never found" November 10, 2007 reports B-24 struck by kamikaze / ramming
No MACR can be found associated with this loss

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