42-73252 B24
On 15 January 1944 a B-24J, # 42-73252, assigned to 14th Air Force, 308th Bomb Group, 373rd Bomb Squadron, Yangki, China, departed the airfield at Kweilin, China, on a sea search mission. It crashed and all on board were killed. The crew was:
Pilot 2ndLt Harold M. Walth 0-2051762
Co-Pilot 2ndLt James L. Cunningham 0-797482
Navigator 2ndLt Charles E. Bruntraeger 0-798739
Bombardier 2ndLt Chester L. Orloff 0-738938
Crew Chief TSgt Darcy L. Holm 39836855
Radio Operator TSgt Angelo C. Solino 12090491
Asst Engineer SSgt Paul E. Schroeder 15069348
Gunner SSgt Joel (NMI) Abalson 32410973
Gunner SSgt Frank (NMI) Vesely 32476251
Gunner Sgt Robert J. Conroy 16169462
(All enlisted servicemen also served as gunners)
The next-of-kin listed were:
Walth Martin Walth, M, Hozmer, SD
Cunningham Morris J. Cunningham, F, RFD 1, Hunnewell, KS
Bruntraeger America N. Bruntraeger, W, 2520 36th Ave., Long Island City, NY
Orloff Samuel Orloff, F, 251 N. Garden St., Bellingham, WA
Holm Dorothy O. Holm, W, Gen. Del. Council Bluffs, IA
Solino Joseph Solino, F, 113-10 209th St., Hollis, Long Island, NY
Schroeder Anna Schroeder, M, Ridgeville Corners, OH
Abelson Anna Abelson, M, 2425 Mermaid Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Vesely Tena Abelson, S, 410 S. Geneva St., Ithaca, NY
Conroy Elizabeth M. Conroy, M, 515 W. 31st St., Chicago, IL
