Indian Air Force Helicopter reconnaissance sorties have been carried out over the crash site of the ill fated US Air Force B-24 #42-73308 (“Hot as Hell”). The plane had crashed in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India on January 25, 1944. On 7 December 2006, a private American investigator, Mr. Clayton Kuhles discovered the [...]

It has been over 60 year wait for the family members, including Gary Zaetz, of the ill fated World War Two plane B-24 J nicknamed “Hot As hell.” On January 25, 1944, B-24 J “Hot As Hell” with a compliment of 8 crew members took off from Kunming, China for a routine flight to Chabua, [...]