Donald served as a Corporal on C-87 #42-107259, 77th Squadron, 22nd Transport Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kane County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Private on September 2, 1941, prior to the war, in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #42-107259 took off from Yangkai, China on August 9, 1943 enroute to Jorhat, India and was not heard from again. The plane was found in 2008 near Donli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. No remains were found however a local noted they were buried close to the wreckage. As of October, 2016 no one is believed to have returned to the site.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash.
Service # 16034567
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Airmen who perished on C-87 #42-107259:
Funk, John W, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Johnson, Donald A ~ Corp, IL
Lenox, Alvin J ~ S/Sgt, CT
Perry, Tom ~ Capt, FL
Tennison, John T, Jr ~ 1st Lt, MO
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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He resided in Kane County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Private on September 2, 1941, prior to the war, in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #42-107259 took off from Yangkai, China on August 9, 1943 enroute to Jorhat, India and was not heard from again. The plane was found in 2008 near Donli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. No remains were found however a local noted they were buried close to the wreckage. As of October, 2016 no one is believed to have returned to the site.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash.
Service # 16034567
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Airmen who perished on C-87 #42-107259:
Funk, John W, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Johnson, Donald A ~ Corp, IL
Lenox, Alvin J ~ S/Sgt, CT
Perry, Tom ~ Capt, FL
Tennison, John T, Jr ~ 1st Lt, MO
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donald served as a Corporal on C-87 #42-107259, 77th Squadron, 22nd Transport Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Kane County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Private on September 2, 1941, prior to the war, in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #42-107259 took off from Yangkai, China on August 9, 1943 enroute to Jorhat, India and was not heard from again. The plane was found in 2008 near Donli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. No remains were found however a local noted they were buried close to the wreckage. As of October, 2016 no one is believed to have returned to the site.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash.
Service # 16034567
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Airmen who perished on C-87 #42-107259:
Funk, John W, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Johnson, Donald A ~ Corp, IL
Lenox, Alvin J ~ S/Sgt, CT
Perry, Tom ~ Capt, FL
Tennison, John T, Jr ~ 1st Lt, MO
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Kane County, Illinois prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a Private on September 2, 1941, prior to the war, in Chicago, Illinois. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents.
C-87 #42-107259 took off from Yangkai, China on August 9, 1943 enroute to Jorhat, India and was not heard from again. The plane was found in 2008 near Donli, Arunachal Pradesh, India. No remains were found however a local noted they were buried close to the wreckage. As of October, 2016 no one is believed to have returned to the site.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash.
Service # 16034567
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Airmen who perished on C-87 #42-107259:
Funk, John W, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, OH
Johnson, Donald A ~ Corp, IL
Lenox, Alvin J ~ S/Sgt, CT
Perry, Tom ~ Capt, FL
Tennison, John T, Jr ~ 1st Lt, MO
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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