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The 15 AVG Flying Tigers who are MIA/Not Yet Recovered are:
1. Armstrong, John Dean - Training accident, believed to be AVG #1.
2. Hammer, Maax C. Jr. - Training accident, believed to be AVG #2.
3. Atkinson, Peter William - Training accident, believed to be AVG #3.
4. Cole, Thomas - KIA, burial believed to be Toungoo, may be AVG #4.
5. Martin, Neil - KIA, buried in grave #45 at Mingaladon. Stone in Texarkana is only a monument.
6. Sandell, Robert - killed in flight testing accident, buried at Mingaladon.
7. Leibolt, Edward - MIA/declared dead in Rangoon area.
8. Fauth, John - buried in British Cantonment Cemetery, Magwe, Burma.
9. Swartz, Frank - died of wounds/infection, buried Brit. cemetery, Poona, India. Repatriation dependent on DPAA/family action.
10. Little, Robert Laing - KIA in crash over Salween River Gorge during attack.
11. Petach, John "Pete" - KIA in fiery crash of his a/c during attack dive.
12. Shamblin, Arnold "Red" - eyewitness report that his body kicked into river.
13. Dean, John - CNAC #60 crash site known, recovery subject to Chinese govt.
14. Wright, Allen M. - CNAC #83 crash, search subject to Chinese govt.
15. Mikelson, Einar - CNAC #75 crash, search subject to Chinese govt.
"NO TIGER LEFT BEHIND"
Edited by aaatripp : May 31, 2016, 12:48 pm
----------------------- Tripp
Tripp Alyn, Historian
AVG Flying Tigers Association
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