Recent content by Charlie23

Mystery solved! I asked my older brother where my Dad's WW2 log book was and he said he had it but did not know what he did with it. So I asked his wife and she put her hands on it right away. I am still sorting through his logs and a bunch of his other WW2 stuff she got to me. I found that in...

I was hoping my 42 was a 43 since the rest of the number was right, it was a C-47 and it did go to CBI. Thanks for the lead on another site. I was unaware of that one. I will check it out. I am going to question my sibs on their source of this tail number for that flight to make sure it's...

Thank you very much for your help. Not sure how to interpret "to USAAF 05Sep44". Is that a manufacturing or delivery date? If so this would not be the plane he piloted because he was in the CBI theater at that time. However if that is the date it went into active service in CBI that could be...

My late dad was a Hump pilot in WW2. He flew C-47's and C-46's. The tail number of one C-47 was #42-48637 which I understand is the one he flew from Baer Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana to India or Burma on his initial deployment. He survived but I would like to know if possible whatever became of...