His father, John Clyde Minco, had met his mother, Marie, while serving in France in World War I. Henry was born in Passens, a town in Bordeaux, France, in 1923. By studying the official records, and Clifford Long's diary entries and other information, it was possible to re-create what happened to Minco. Dennis Kucinich interceded with Pentagon officials, who gathered the documents. Duplicate records were available, but had to be assembled into a file. Louis destroyed the military personnel records of men with the surnames of Hubbard through Z, including those of Henry Minco. It took more than a year to accumulate all the available records and conversations and find out what happened in the skies that day in 1944.Ī fire in 1973 in St. I set out to reconstruct the day that Henry Minco became a lost Tiger. Magazine photos and advertisements that portrayed them captivated my imagination, transporting me from my sickbed into the skies over places with exotic names. The Flying Tigers helped me endure the endless boredom of the bedridden. I had known the Flying Tigers well, ever since I was a child recovering from polio, lying in bed, day after day. Henry Minco was a Flying Tiger, part of the 14th Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater. The encounter was poignant and struck a curious chord within me. The call prompted a meeting in the summer of 2002. It was from Clifford Long, Henry's closest friend in the Air Corps. Then, 58 years after Henry was lost, his brother, John - an acquaintance of mine - received a startling phone call. Without absolute proof of her son's death, Henry Minco's mother believed firmly - until her death at age 96 - that her son would someday be found alive. His family was told he had been lost in Southeast Asia in an air battle, but there were never any details of the incident. Officially, Henry Minco went missing on his 71st combat mission. He breaks from Vadenais' right wing as the sky fills with Japanese aircraft. "I see two below, am going after them," Minco calls. He puts the flight into a climb to make a pass at the enemy fighters, older-model aircraft with fixed landing gear, called Nates. Vadenais, flight leader of the four P-51 Mustangs, as he drops his wing tanks. The planes are above them, five miles out. Henry Francis Minco, a Clevelander in the United States Army Air Corps, is flying over central Thailand, searching for enemy rail traffic, when he sights three Japanese aircraft flying toward his flight of four fighters of the 25th Fighter Squadron.
11, 1944, Armistice Day, 10 minutes after noon. Almost 60 years later, a squadron mate's unexpected phone call sends us reaching back through the fog of war to remember Minco's Army Air Corps, went missing on a mission over Thailand. Henry Francis Minco, a Clevelander in the U.S. Business Hall of Fame and Community Leader of the Year Awards.He was a hard worker, adoring husband and loved being a father. He always took care of everything financially. Sadly, the family is in desperate need of help in order to pay for everyday expenses. His sudden death has devastated his family. My sister Paulette Jones and her 3 kids (Vanessa, Lizzie, Phoenix) lost their husband/dad Dion Jones suddenly.ĭion was tragically killed while working out of town on June 21st. Please consider donating to Dion’s family since he is a member of our water family… Donate to the Dion family via GoFundMe > Jones was an experienced contractor from Southern California, a husband, and a father of three. Coworkers began CPR right away, unfortunately Mr. Home News Contractor Killed in Lemoore Water Tank Explosion Contractor Killed in Lemoore Water Tank Explosion Fundraiser Started for His Family, Please Consider Donating By Alec Mackie, Emerging Issuesįilanc carpenter Dion Jones was working on a new water storage tank in Lemoore when the tank suddenly exploded, rising 70′ in the air and sending 1.5 million gallons rushing out in all directions. Electrical & Instrumentation Technologist.
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