RICHARD WESCOM MARCHANT
"Dick"
(1916 New York - 1944 India)
(Pilot)
(Captain - ???)
(CNAC 194? - May 26, 1944)
(Hump Flights - XXX)
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In the 1943-45 log book of Don McBride, Robert listed his address as: Richard Marchant OHIO? ("OHIO?" may have been added by Don McBride) Click here to see a high resolution of the above document. From Gene Banning's list of 8/31/00: "... killed in crash bad weather CCU (Calcutta) to Dinjan, 5/26/44, plane #82." September 23, 2002 Tom, These first photos are of Richard "Dick" Marchant who was lost in a plane crash on 5/16/44 just 4 days before my Grandfather (Archie Newton) took ill and had to take leave. I noticed that there was no info on Dick under his name so I am sending these first. Please make sure that his family get copies of these. Rich Newton newtonrich@msn.com Unfortunately we have no more information on Captain Richard Marchant other than what you see on this page. or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |