/Sgt Joseph Mihalichko an Engineer-Gunner (MOS 748) assigned to 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, Fourteenth Air Force. He was aboard aircraft 42-53489, a B-25C Mitchell, tasked to perform a sea sweep mission over the Gulf of Tongking on 15 Feb 1944, to be followed by attacking inshore bridges with any remaining bombs. Separated from three other planes on the mission by poor weather conditions, his plane was last seen near the coastline and failed to return to base at Yangkai, China, and none of the crew reported in.
On Feb 26, message was received from French authorities in French Indo-China (Vietnam) stating the plane had crashed near Do Len killing all of the crew which had been buried by the French. About the same time intelligence reports indicated the Do Len Bridge had been damaged on/about 15 Feb, during an attack by a B-25, probably 42-53489.
Tony Strotman, unoffical historian, 341st Bomb Group
On Feb 26, message was received from French authorities in French Indo-China (Vietnam) stating the plane had crashed near Do Len killing all of the crew which had been buried by the French. About the same time intelligence reports indicated the Do Len Bridge had been damaged on/about 15 Feb, during an attack by a B-25, probably 42-53489.
Tony Strotman, unoffical historian, 341st Bomb Group
/Sgt Joseph Mihalichko an Engineer-Gunner (MOS 748) assigned to 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, Fourteenth Air Force. He was aboard aircraft 42-53489, a B-25C Mitchell, tasked to perform a sea sweep mission over the Gulf of Tongking on 15 Feb 1944, to be followed by attacking inshore bridges with any remaining bombs. Separated from three other planes on the mission by poor weather conditions, his plane was last seen near the coastline and failed to return to base at Yangkai, China, and none of the crew reported in.
On Feb 26, message was received from French authorities in French Indo-China (Vietnam) stating the plane had crashed near Do Len killing all of the crew which had been buried by the French. About the same time intelligence reports indicated the Do Len Bridge had been damaged on/about 15 Feb, during an attack by a B-25, probably 42-53489.
Tony Strotman, unoffical historian, 341st Bomb Group
On Feb 26, message was received from French authorities in French Indo-China (Vietnam) stating the plane had crashed near Do Len killing all of the crew which had been buried by the French. About the same time intelligence reports indicated the Do Len Bridge had been damaged on/about 15 Feb, during an attack by a B-25, probably 42-53489.
Tony Strotman, unoffical historian, 341st Bomb Group
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