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Bushey Howard G.

Name:
Howard G. Bushey
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-672322
Unit:
6th Squadron, 1st Troop Carrier Group
Date of Death:
1943-07-13
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Manila American Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Plot:
Walls of the Missing
Row:
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Howard G. Bushey was born in 1916 in Ohio. He resided in Summit County, Ohio prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 29, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in surveying and also as Married. Howard served as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on C-47 #41-18518, 6th Squadron, 1st Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

C-47 #41-18518 took off, with a crew of 3 and 1 passenger, from Mohanbari, India on a mission to Kunming, China. During the mission they radioed from the vicinity of Sookerating, India for a weather report at Yunnanyi, China. That was the last that was seen or heard from this C-47, it was July 13, 1943. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 19, 1945. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Howard was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov