This aircraft, along with evidence of human remains, was located December 2010 by MIA Recoveries, Inc. Remains have not as yet (2018) been recovered and/or identified.
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REGAN, John J, Technical Sergeant, 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces, Service# 36611443, Enl: Illinois, d. 25-May-1944
Awarded Air Medal
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John J. Regan served as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator on B-24J #42-100184, 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-24J #42-100184 took off, with a crew of 7 and 3 passengers, from Yangkai, China on a ferrying mission to Chabua, India. The last heard from them was a radio transmission noting they were 30 minutes east of Chabua.

They crashed, for an unknown reason near Cheppe, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

TSGT Regan was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission.

He had previously been awarded the Air Medal.
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #42-100184:

Bernstein, Eugene L ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, NY
Bridge, Raymond J ~ S/Sgt, Passenger, PA
Byron, John B ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Clare, Thomas H ~ Capt, Passenger, CA
King, Robert M ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, KS
Pickup, Merle L ~ Corp, Passenger, UT
Reed, Garland J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WA
Regan, John J ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Riley, Robert R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, CA
Smith, Earl L ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NJ

Bottom bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett
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*B-24J #42-100184 Missing Aircrew Report

Official Report
On 25 May 1944, this B-24 aircraft of the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 373rd Bomb Squadron, departed Yangkai, China for Chabua, India. It was a routine ferry mission. The aircraft reported being 30 minutes E of Chabua. That was the last radio contact received from this aircraft.

The crew of this aircraft were declared dead as of 26 May 1945. Dead: 10.

Pilot: 1st Lt. Robert M. King
Co-Pilot: 2nd Lt. John B. Byron
Navigator: 1st Lt. Eugene L. Bernstein
Radio Operator: TSgt. John J. Regan
Flight Engineer: TSgt. Robert R. Riley
Gunner: SSgt. Garland J. Reed
Gunner: SSgt. Earl L. Smith
Passenger: Capt. Thomas H. Clare
Passenger: SSgt. Raymond J. Bridge
Passenger: Cpl. Merle L. Pickup