90th Bomb Group

Thank you very much Mark, greatly appreciated!

Thanks to some contributors on this board, I've been able learn extensively about my wife's uncle, 2nd Lt Joseph Horgan. However, there is a single mystery that I can't find information about: I have a photo portrait of him, but he is wearing a white US naval aviator cadet uniform. I'm pretty much 1...

I don't know if you have seen the MACR (Missing Air Crew Report): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91160672

Thank you for the comments. My wife's uncle (2nd Lt Joseph Horgan) was a bombardier who was killed on 15th July 1945 a couple of hours before dawn. His plane ditched into the pacific taking off from McGuire Airfield (now San Jose airport), Mindoro, Philippines. I've been trying to wrap my head aroun...

Following up and if anyone else is interested, I found this: http://www.worldwar2history.info/air-forces/B-24.html "There was no aisle to walk down, only the eight-inch-wide catwalk running beside the bombs and over the bomb bay doors used to move forward and aft. It had to be done with care, a...

Thank you Jolly Roger, that clears it up. Do you have any idea how strong the doors were? I wouldn't have wanted to walk on one during a flight....

I've been trying to read about the B-24, and have some questions: how did the bomb bay doors work? I've read they worked similar to a garage door and primarily designed from an aerodynamic point of view, but did the bomb bay doors slide up within the fuselage or external to the fuselage? I also read...

I'm looking for any information about 2nd Lt. Joseph Horgan. His plane went down shortly after take off from McGuire field, Mindoro, Phillipines on 15th July, 1945. Unfortunately it looks like there was no MACR filed, so I don't know the number or name of the plane (I'm assuming it would be B-24J). ...