ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81757
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless |
| Owner/operator: | VMF-111 USMC |
| Registration: | 36267 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | At sea off Marshall Islands -
 Marshall Islands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kwajalein |
In the afternoon two pilots of VMF-111, took off from their base of Kwajalein on a routine instrument flight aboard the SBD-5 Buno 36267, one of two Dauntlesses of the unit. 2nd Lt Homer Gratz Jr was the pilot, while the safety pilot was 2nd Lt Walter Charles Bernadt Jr. The plane failed to return to base. The squadron and other units searched it for four days, but no trace was found of the missing plane and its crew.
Sources:
https://www.fold3.com/image/1/295249844
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLJan45.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameG.htm
https://www.fold3.com/page/642843701-homer-gratz
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameB.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/56115319/walter-c-bernadt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jan-2020 09:41 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2020 12:49 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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