JANUARY 7, 1945
CRASHED IN A MOUNTAINSIDE CEMETERY ABOVE THE CITY OF TALI
From Fletcher Hank's, "WHEN AND HOW THE CNAC CRASHES HAPPENED ON THE HUMP AND ITS ENVIRONS DURING WWII" (hand-dated 5/4/02) Sherwin "Fuzzy" Ball, 01/07/45, C-47 #102. All 3 crew killed. C/P, H.M. Chu, R/O: C.H. Lam (all were Chinese. Fuzzy left Kunming for Dinjan. Lost an engine over Tali Lake. The plane hit in a mountainside cemetery above the city of Tali. The bodies were found in the wreck. Jim Dalby was the first CNAC man to the wreck. Source: Jim Dalby. See booksetc01.htm for details about this and other related books. or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore know. Thanks! |