U.S. Army Air Force Cpl. Merle L. Pickup, of Provo, was among 10 people killed when a B-24J Liberator bomber crashed on a ferrying mission from China to India during World War II. His remains have been recovered and identified.
Cpl. Merle L. Pickup, 27, was one of 10 occupants on a plane that crashed due to bad weather on a ferrying mission to India.
U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Merle L. Pickup, 27, was stationed in Yangkai, China, as a part of the 308th Bombardment Group in May 1944, the agency stated in a news release. Pickup was one of 10 occupants on a B-24J Liberator bomber on a ferrying mission from China to India, but the plane never made it to its destination due to bad weather.
A third-party wreck hunter located the crash site in 2008 and 2010, the news release stated. They reported seeing military aircraft wreckage and possible human remains, and in March 2014, Hawaii’s Pacific Aviation Museum confirmed wreckage photographs taken at the site were consistent with a B-24 bomber.
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