Second Lieutenant, 317th Troop Carrier Squadron
2nd Air Commando Group, World War II.
Co-Pilot on C-47A Skytrain #43-15698.
Killed when his transport collided with a
mountaintop in Kuyung, Burma, December 5,
1944. All four Americans and 23 Chinese Army
troops aboard perished.
Army engineers were led to the crash scene by
local tribal people on December 17, 1944.
The bodies of the crash victims were too badly
burned and dismembered to make individual
identification possible. The Burma Road
Engineers buried the American flyers near the
crash scene and placed small wooden crosses on
the grave and a gun salute with a volley of six
shots was conducted. There was no method
available to identify any of the Chinese troops. It
was not possible at the time to remove the bodies
of the American flyers from off the mountaintop.
Recovery was later made and the airmen were
re-interred here on November 19, 1947.
1st Lt. William G Clegg, Pilot
2nd Lt. George B. Bolton, Jr., Co-Pilot
SSgt. Emmett S Marrs, Radio Operator
TSgt. Joseph J Windishman, Engineer
George's hometown of record is Los Angeles,
California.
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2nd Air Commando Group, World War II.
Co-Pilot on C-47A Skytrain #43-15698.
Killed when his transport collided with a
mountaintop in Kuyung, Burma, December 5,
1944. All four Americans and 23 Chinese Army
troops aboard perished.
Army engineers were led to the crash scene by
local tribal people on December 17, 1944.
The bodies of the crash victims were too badly
burned and dismembered to make individual
identification possible. The Burma Road
Engineers buried the American flyers near the
crash scene and placed small wooden crosses on
the grave and a gun salute with a volley of six
shots was conducted. There was no method
available to identify any of the Chinese troops. It
was not possible at the time to remove the bodies
of the American flyers from off the mountaintop.
Recovery was later made and the airmen were
re-interred here on November 19, 1947.
1st Lt. William G Clegg, Pilot
2nd Lt. George B. Bolton, Jr., Co-Pilot
SSgt. Emmett S Marrs, Radio Operator
TSgt. Joseph J Windishman, Engineer
George's hometown of record is Los Angeles,
California.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Lieutenant, 317th Troop Carrier Squadron
2nd Air Commando Group, World War II.
Co-Pilot on C-47A Skytrain #43-15698.
Killed when his transport collided with a
mountaintop in Kuyung, Burma, December 5,
1944. All four Americans and 23 Chinese Army
troops aboard perished.
Army engineers were led to the crash scene by
local tribal people on December 17, 1944.
The bodies of the crash victims were too badly
burned and dismembered to make individual
identification possible. The Burma Road
Engineers buried the American flyers near the
crash scene and placed small wooden crosses on
the grave and a gun salute with a volley of six
shots was conducted. There was no method
available to identify any of the Chinese troops. It
was not possible at the time to remove the bodies
of the American flyers from off the mountaintop.
Recovery was later made and the airmen were
re-interred here on November 19, 1947.
1st Lt. William G Clegg, Pilot
2nd Lt. George B. Bolton, Jr., Co-Pilot
SSgt. Emmett S Marrs, Radio Operator
TSgt. Joseph J Windishman, Engineer
George's hometown of record is Los Angeles,
California.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2nd Air Commando Group, World War II.
Co-Pilot on C-47A Skytrain #43-15698.
Killed when his transport collided with a
mountaintop in Kuyung, Burma, December 5,
1944. All four Americans and 23 Chinese Army
troops aboard perished.
Army engineers were led to the crash scene by
local tribal people on December 17, 1944.
The bodies of the crash victims were too badly
burned and dismembered to make individual
identification possible. The Burma Road
Engineers buried the American flyers near the
crash scene and placed small wooden crosses on
the grave and a gun salute with a volley of six
shots was conducted. There was no method
available to identify any of the Chinese troops. It
was not possible at the time to remove the bodies
of the American flyers from off the mountaintop.
Recovery was later made and the airmen were
re-interred here on November 19, 1947.
1st Lt. William G Clegg, Pilot
2nd Lt. George B. Bolton, Jr., Co-Pilot
SSgt. Emmett S Marrs, Radio Operator
TSgt. Joseph J Windishman, Engineer
George's hometown of record is Los Angeles,
California.
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Entered the service from California; _ ASN O-702222
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