Harry H. "Moosh" Musinski was born on December 19, 1917 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Konstanty (Musnicki) Musniski and Josefa Stankiewicz Stankevich Musniski. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1936 and graduated from American International College in 1940.

His plane, B-24J #42-73242 ‘Haley's Comet', and its crew were assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Bombardment Squadron took off from Kunming Airfield in China on a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India. Three planes and crews were lost on January 25, 1944. In the book ‘China Up And Down' by John T Foster, he writes, ‘Disastrous Day Over Hump!' The plane was named after Lt Roger F Haley, Pilot, who was not on the plane the day it went missing. Instead, his replacement was Major Harry Musinski. He was officially declared dead on January 26, 1946.

Maj. Musinski is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He 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. He also has a cenotaph located in Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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