ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81058
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| Date: | Friday 1 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vought F4U-1 Corsair |
| Owner/operator: | VMF-212 USMC |
| Registration: | 02449 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo Island -
 Vanuatu
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1st October 1943 VMF-212 was based in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, and continued to prepare for being engaged in the Solomons. On this day the squadron flew raining flighs in gunnery, tactics and recognition of ships and aircraft. Lt Preston Peter Wolfe Jr was on tactics exercise when the engine of his FAU-1 Buno 02449 failed. He headed towards Bomber One airfield and lowered landing gear and flaps, but lost altitude and crashed through coconut palms and a large water tower. The aircraft exploded and burned, killing the pilot instantly.
Sources:
War diary of VMF-212, 1 October 1943 (https://www.fold3.com/image/270759517)
https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameW.htm
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/F4U.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palikulo_Bay_Airfield
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=-15.501667&lon=167.245833&z=15&m=w
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Oct-2021 19:45 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Oct-2021 19:46 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Nov-2021 01:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jul-2023 09:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
| 09-Aug-2023 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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