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| Date: | Friday 11 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ5037 |
| MSN: | 1858 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Espiritu Santo Island -
 Vanuatu
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pallikulo airfield |
| Pallikulo airfield |
Missing on a radio range familiarisation flight.
Wreck located in 1987, in jungle about 50 km from Pallikulo. No trace was found of the crew.
The remains of the Dauntless were salvaged and returned to New Zealand and the aircraft is now in the Air Force Museum at Wigram.
Flying-Officer Alexander Moore NZ416523 and Flight-Sergeant John Keith Munro NZ417229, missing presumed dead.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. https://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2187365
2. https://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2187381
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 00:02 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jul-2009 15:46 | angels one five | Updated |
| 08-Oct-2009 21:30 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Apr-2010 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Apr-2010 10:48 | harro | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 02-May-2010 22:34 | angels one five | Updated [Country, ] |
| 02-May-2010 22:38 | angels one five | Updated [Source, ] |
| 02-May-2010 22:45 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2010 22:47 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Aug-2010 13:16 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2015 01:19 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2018 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Jul-2023 05:21 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 28-Nov-2023 05:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, ] |
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