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C-87 #42-107259
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This aircraft departed Yangkai, China, enroute to Jorhat, India. Plane was reported as missing in flight. As of Dec. 1943, there was still no word on the fate of this plane or its crew. Dead: 5.

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  • Wreckage
  • Floorboard
  • Floorboard made into rice winnowing tray
  • Oxygen tank made into cooking pot
  • Wing panel made into bowl
  • Co-Pilot 1st Lt. John T. Tennison, Jr.
  • Radio Operator SSgt. Alvin J. Lenox
  • Crew Chief Cpl. Donald A. Johnson
  • Ayema Keche witnessed the crash and made a rice tray from fuselage fuel tank
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