/tags/tribal/Recent content in Tribal on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-us/stories/1/01/01/the-virgin-queen/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/the-virgin-queen/<p><em>On December 5, 1941, Captain Ron Black and Sergeant James Humphries departed Clark Air Base, Philippines for Baguio Air Base in northern Luzon on a routine flight.  Their Martin B-10 bomber, “Manila Momma,” never reached Baguio.  Rescue forces mounted a search but World War II cut short their efforts.  “Manila Momma’s” disappearance remained a mysterious footnote until last year when an archeology team found the wrecked bomber in the jungle northeast of Baguio.  The archeologists recovered James Humphries&rsquo; diary and returned it to his family who graciously allowed us to publish this excerpt.  We edited some personal comments; we did not alter the narrative of events.</em></p>