42-100614 C47
On 25 May 1944, at the 10th Air Force airfield at Dinjan, Assam, India, a C-47A, # 42-100614, assigned to the 443rd Troop Carrier Group, 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed on a shuttle flight to Calcutta, India, and return. The last known location of the aircraft was between Sylhet, India and Dinjan, India. The crew were:
Pilot 1stLt Arthur T. Schermesser 0-749754
Co-Pilot 1stLt James N. Bradley 0-670081
Crew Chief SSgt John F. Kuntz 12039907
Radio Operator Sgt Harry (NMI) Kaufman 33321051
The passengers on the C-47 A were:
SSgt Glenn T. Stevens 13003256
Cpl Claytor T. Asp 36263193
Cpl John H. Lajoie 11071096
Cpl George A. Sandacz 13087654
Lt.Col. Raymond W. Worsham Jr. 0-343470
Capt. Herman G. Klamka 0-1821468
Marks R.N.F. (8th Hqrs, 3rd Indian Div.) Brig. 1A1
Major Hodges Burma Rifles, Hq 77th Indian Infantry Brigade
Qigham Signal Maps 2446172
Next-of kin were listed as:
Schermesser Mrs Dorothy E? Schermesser, wife, 622 Center St, Hillsboro, IL
Bradley Mr James D Bradley, father, 1523 N. [Bos]ton Plc, Tulsa, OK
Kuntz Mrs Ethel Kntz, wife, 1274 First Ave, NY, NY
Kaufman Mrs Dora Kaufman, mother, 110 S. Orange St, Media, PA
Stevens Mrs Anna M Stevens, wife, 1131 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA
Asp Mrs Hilda Asp, mother, RFD, Springbrook, Wisc.
Lajoie Mrs Eva A Lajoie, mother, 12 Goulding St, Worcester, Mass.
Sandacz Mrs Lillian A Sandacz, wife, Rte # 4, Ocala, FL
Worsham Mrs Esther G Worsham, wife, Briarcliff Rd, Harrell Hills, Knoxville TN
Klamka Mr Sam Klamka, father, 2649 S Hillock Ave, Chicago, IL
