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Pilot 2nd Lt. Chester B. Rimer, O-799640 (MIA / KIA) PA Passenger Pvt Stanley J. Monroe, 37030366 832nd Signal Service Company (MIA / KIA) MN Passenger Pfc Morlan L. Priebe, U.S. Army, 52nd Signal Battalion (MIA / KIA) Plummer, MN Passenger Cpl Mitchell P. Iler, 34261253 U.S. Army, 171st Station Hospital (MIA / KIA) Daisy, GA Crashed February 4, 1944 MACR unknown Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as A-20G-25-DO Havoc serial number 43-9122. Disassembled and shipped overseas across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 312th Bombardment Group, 386th Bombardment Squadron (386th BS). No known nickname or nose art. Crew chief unknown. Mission History On February 4, 1944 took off from Port Moresby piloted by 2nd Lt. Chester B. Rimer on a training mission to practice strafing. Aboard were three U.S. Army passengers. This A-20 crashed into the sea between Bavo Island and Idihi Island off the southern coast of New Guinea. Memorials The entire crew was officially declared dead the day of the mission. As the flight was non-combat, none of the crew or passengers earned the Purple Heart, posthumously. All are memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. Iler has a memorial marker at Sands Field Methodist Church Cemetery in Daisy, GA. References Missing Air Crew Report 5803 (MACR 5803) is not associated with this loss, rather B-24H Liberator 41-28710 pilot Bailey Missing In Action June 12, 1944 USAF Serial Number Search Results - A-20G Havoc 43-9122 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Chester B. Rimer American Battle Monuments Commision (ABMC) - Stanley J. Monroe American Battle Monuments Commision (ABMC) - Morlan L. Priebe American Battle Monuments Commision (ABMC) - Mitchell P. Iler FindAGrave - 2Lt Chester B Rimer (tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - PVT Stanley J Monroe (tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - PFC Morlan L Priebe (tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Corp Mitchell P Iler FindAGrave - Mitchell Palmer Iler (memorial marker photo) PNG Museum Aircraft Status Card - A-20G Havoc 43-9122 Rampage of the Roarin' 20s (2009) pages 60, 346, 354 Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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