40^th Bomb Group

China-Burma-India – West Field Tinian

Prisoners of War

1944-1945

November 11, 1944, B-29 – 42-6237

“Sir Trofrepus”

25^th Bomb Squadron

Nanking POW Camp

Kaingwan POW Camp

Fengtia, China

Fusan, Korea

Various POW Camps, Japan

Frederick Carlton

Carl Rieger

Watson Lankford

December 14, 1944, B-29 - 42-24457

“Battlin’ Beauty”

25^th Bomb Squadron

Rangoon POW Camp

Cornelius C. Meyer

Lionel F. Coffin

Marion B. Burke

Joseph Levine

William J. Walsh

Robert E. Derrington

Richard Montgomery

Charles W. Whitley

Edward F. Trinkner, Jr.

Stanton L. Dow

Harlan B. Green

Francis R. Edwards

December 14, 1944, B-29 – 42-93831

“Queenie”

45^th Bomb Squadron

Rangoon POW Camp

Chester E. Paul

Norman Larson

James B McGiven

David B. Parmelee

Richard M. Brooks

Karnik A. Tomasian

December 14, 1944, B-29 42-24574

“293”

45^th Bomb Squadron

Rangoon POW Camp

Robert C. Shanks, Jr.

Harold E. Fletcher

Cameron R. Benedict

Julian C. Cochran

Galpin M. Etherington

Enrico E. Pisterzi

Arnold H.J. Basche

Walter R. Lentz

Ferrell T. Majors

Nicholas P. Oglesby

Lewis W. Summers

May 26, 1945, B-29 42-65269

44^th Bomb Squadron

Tokyo Kempei Tai Headquarters

and

Omori POW Camp

Dale L. Johnson

May 26, 1945, B-29 42-63538

44^th Bomb Squadron

Kempei Tai Headquarters Tokyo

and

Omori POW Camp

Delbert W. Miller

Walter W. Oestreich

Patrick E. Pellecchia

Elmer H. Bertsch, Jr.

May 29, 1945, B-29 42-24894

44^th Bomb Squadron

Nagoya Kempei Tai Headquarters

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya, Japan

Richard M. Hurley

Elgie L. Robertson

POW’s from Rangoon were liberated on May 5, 1945.

Elmer H. Bertsch, Jr. died in POW Camp.

Richard M. Hurley and Elgie L. Robertson were executed on June 28, 1945, in the hills at Seto, Japan.