Big Chief Cockeye
Name: Big Chief Cockeye
B-24D
Squadron: 320
Serial #: 42-40351
Fate: Transferred to 380BG. Destroyed 5 July 44 380th BG 529th BS slammed into cloud shrouded mountain while on a weather recce to Ceram. Only the weather observer survived (Gill, Edward J) the crash to be captured. He died of malnutrition before V-J Day. The Pilot was Harold A. Thornton.