ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183965
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Date: | Wednesday 21 July 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless |
Owner/operator: | US Navy |
Registration: | 06969 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mavea Island -
Vanuatu
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Turtle Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo Island |
Destination airport: | Turtle Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo Island |
Narrative:The plane went down during a night training mission about three minutes after take off. Both the pilot and the gunner died in the crash.
Sources:
http://battlerattle.marinecorpstimes.com/2013/10/17/the-fascinating-story-of-two-missing-marines-and-their-70-year-journey-home-from-the-south-pacific/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Jan-2016 14:00 |
gerard57 |
Added |
25-May-2021 22:46 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative] |
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