Still not finding a trace in US, British or Dutch records of more men lost that day than the ones listed in the MACR for the 3 known aircraft.
I notice that the MACR for 44-40666 (the one aircraft for which there were survivors) has on page 3 a witness statement by another pilot of 494th BG that saw the crash and guided to its location a "British cruiser" (to be identified) that rescued the crew and 8 passengers (12 passengers were lost). So it is possible that the flight of 6 aircraft went into the typhoon but at least one aircraft, and probably more, survived it.
There is a book on 495th BG available online (
https://www.facebook.com/groups/494t...71234153122845). Pages 281-285 that day is described in details, if I am not confused, at least three 494th BG pilots are listed as belonging to the flight and did not crash. 494th BG lost only two aircraft (one with 25 MIA and one with 12 MIA) and with the loss of 11th BG and the three identified surviving planes of 494th BG, we have the six aircraft cited by sources, but only half of them were lost, one of them with survivors, so the death toll was 62 and not 120. Still it hurts to see men dying just after the end of the war, especially the ex-POWs that had survived years in Japanese POW camps.