ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218257
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| Date: | Monday 20 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman TBM-1C Avenger |
| Owner/operator: | VMTB-242 USMC |
| Registration: | 73301 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | 2 miles off NAS Kaneohe, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
In November 1944 VMTB-242 was based at North Field, Tinian, Marianas Islands, and flying ASW patrols around Saipan and Tinian. Two groups of pilots (totaling twenty) were at NAS Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, undergoing ASW training in preparation for future operations.
On 20 November 1st Lt Raymond B Engebretson and his two crewmen, PFC James Edward Foley (radioman) and PFC Robert H Plath (turret gunner), were missing as a result of the crash of their TBM-1c Buno 73301 two miles off NAS Kaneohe during night ASW exercises. According to another source they were searching for the remains of ships that were sunk during the bombing of Pearl Harbor when a rainstorm came up and forced the plane into the ocean. They were never found.
Sources:
VMTB-242 War Diary, November 1944 (https://www.fold3.com/image/293498608)
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLNov44.htm
http://vetaffairs.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=517
https://www.abmc.gov/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Kaneohe_Bay
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=21.445833&lon=-157.769722&z=11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2018 17:32 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 27-Dec-2019 21:53 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2023 04:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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