Closure has been given to hundreds of American families by a 'professional adventurer' who has dedicated years to tracking down planes which went missing in the Himalayas during the Second World War. One missing pilot was James Browne, 21, who disappeared over the mountainous jungle region known as 'The Hump' on November 17, 1942. His fellow pilot Captain John Dean, a veteran of the legendary Flying Tigers, and a Chinese crewman went down with him in the C-47. Hunting for heroes: More than 700 planes went down in the Himalayas 'sky way to hell' during the Second World War Final resting place: The wing of a C-109 bulk fuel transport plane appears out of the dense jungle. This plane went down over the Hump on July 17, 1945
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Clayton Kuhles has spent $100,000 of his own money to find missing pilots from the 'Flying Tigers'
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More than 700 planes scattered across 'The Hump' from India into China
After making three separate trips and with only the help of a 17-year-old local guide, @placeholder finally made it through a near-impenetrable wall of bamboo to find the plane at 14,000 feet.