Rank and Name,Sergeant Francisco Flores Aguirre.

Unit/Placed in,65th Bomber Squadron, 43^rd Bomber Group (Heavy).

Francisco is born in June 27, 1920 in Los Angles, California.

Mother, Florez Francisco.

Francisco enlisted the service in California with service number # 39167021.

Francisco was KIA after take-off when the plane crashed near Finschhafen Bay due to engine trouble on March 29, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Francisco’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were;

2^nd Lt. James T. Hogan Pilot

T/Sgt. Huuko J. Diussa

Sgt. George K. Stevens

Sgt. Golden B. Miller

Sgt. Francisco F. Aguirre

Sgt. Edward H. McCarthy

The B-24 normal has a crew of 10. It is unknown why this crew only had 6 crewmen. 2nd Lt. Hogan normally served as a Navigator and not a Pilot as he did on this mission, even the other crew members without position on the plane-file.

Francisco is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/43rd_Bombardment_Group.html Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/