ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153882
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| Date: | Saturday 22 April 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | North American PBJ-1 Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Espiritu Santo Island -
 Vanuatu
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed during a training mission.
Finally in the year 2012, the remains of the seven U.S. Marine airmen who went unaccounted for after their aircraft crashed on an island in Vanuatu during World War II were finally identified and returned to their families.
Sources:
http://community.warplanes.com/2012/10/05/victims-of-wwii-plane-crash-finally-identified/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2013 10:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Mar-2013 10:53 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Sep-2013 05:41 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2021 01:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jul-2023 08:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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