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Old 18th June 2020, 21:12
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Re: DC-3/C-49H - 42-38254 (ex-PAA NC18117) - ID of two DNB

Kaehler was a Captain in the Army Air Forces.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3284795

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5370...mpa-bay-times/

(Article mentions Kaehler was "on loan" to Pan Am.)


Here is a John Yakubik, died 19 April, 1942. Buried in North Africa

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/yakubik=john

De Vilbiss is also buried there:

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/de-vilbiss%3Djon

In fact, ten of the men you listed are buried there. No Richardson, however.

https://www.abmc.gov/database-search..._last_name_ASC


YOUNG was Henry Newton Young, III. He was trained as a PAN AM pilot and may have been the copilot for this flight.

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