42-100249
On 20 May 1944, a flight of B-24J bombers, assigned to 14th Air Force, 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron, Kunming, China, departed the air field at Luichow, China, on a sea sweep mission. B-24J, # 100249, was hit by anti-aircraft enemy fireover the ocean and lost. The crew was:
Pilot 1stLt Donald (NMI) Campbell Jr. 0-803773
Co-Pilot 1stLt James L. Harper 0-672086
Bombardier 2ndLt Basil (NMI) Barna 0-751628
Navigator 2ndLt Lloyd F. Kent 0-689114
Engineer TSgt Luther F. Romine Jr. 15324697
Radio-Operator TSgt George (NMI) McCorkell 12041118
Gunner Cpl James C. Kent 18169354
“ SSgt Robert J. Cromer 15066401
“ SSgt Gerard R. Eberhardt 13079796
“ SSgt Garland B. Jeffries 35690218
Photographer Sgt Louis J. Gendler 31097260
16th Combat Camera Unit
The bomber loss was designated a combat casualty, lost over the ocean. Unrecoverable.
Next-of-kin were:
Campbell Mrs Dorothy M Campbell, wife, 1017 Main St, Clovis, NM
Harper Mr Bradson Harper, father, 3406 Woodburn Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Barna Mrs Mary B Popovich, mother, RFD 2, Forest City, PA
Kent Mrs Winifred J Kent, wife, 2150 Kimball St, Brooklyn, NY
Romine Mr Luther F Romine, father, 1743 E. Main St, Columbus, OH
Cromer Mrs Marilyn G Cromer, wife, Valley View, Collinsville, IL
Eberhardt Mrs Elizabeth Eberhardt, mother, 5041 N. Fourth St, Philadelphia, PA
Jeffries Mrs Lillian B Jeffries, mother, Rte 2, Horse Cave, KY
Kent Mr James W Kent, father, Rte 1, Benton, AR
McCorkell Mrs Mary McCorkell, mother, 185 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY