Robert L. McAdoo, Jr. was born in 1922. He served in the US Air Corps as a Corporal and Radio Operator of an aircraft during World War II. He disappeared at Assam, India on a flight to Hsinching, China, when C-109 #44-49628 crashed. This aircraft departed Jorhat, India enroute to Chengtu, China on 17 Jul 1945 at approx. 0230 IST. They had instrument clearance on the Able route. It was a routine Hump cargo flight hauling 100 octane aviation gasoline to the Chengtu area.

A received position report put the aircraft over Pathalipam at 8,000 ft. There were no further radio contacts with this aircraft. No replies were received in response to all queries sent. The aircraft disappeared somewhere on the Hump and was declared missing as of 17 Jul 1945. A concentrated search was conducted to no avail, and the search was abandoned on 17 Aug 1945. In view of the complete absence of information, the cause of the accident remains undetermined. The wreckage of this aircraft was located by Clayton Kuhles of miarecoveries.org on October 2007.

Robert is now buried in the Overton City Cemetery, Overton, Rusk County, Texas. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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