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C-87 #41-23696 Expedition Photo Gallery

This aircraft was enroute from Yangkai, China to Chabua, India. Plane reported as missing in flight on 28 April 1943. Aircraft not located, crew declared dead. Dead: 5

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More images of this crashsite can be viewed on the 2003 expedition video.


  • Crash site on grassy slope in right background
  • Pilot Capt. Jennings H. Mease
  • Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Lunday, Jr.
  • Navigator 2nd Lt. James M. Jeffrey
  • Radio Operator SSgt. Elwood E. Stevens
  • Engineer Pfc. Mervyn E. Sims
  • Guide and porters departing Ziadum, Burma for crash site
  • Porters at river crossing
  • Trekking towards the India border in northern Burma
  • Stream crossing in NW Burma
  • On India / Burma border
  • Trekking from border crossing to crash site
  • Clayton with guide and porters
  • High camp
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