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Aircraft History
Tail number 1130 visible on the left
side, and red vertical fuselage stripe behind the hinomaru.
Wartime History
Ditched off Visale
Catholic Mission near Cape
Esperence into shallow water, reef area. The pilot survived and was nursed back to health by one of the female Catholic missionaries at Visale, who cared for him for several weeks. Then, he departed and was never seen again.
Wreckage
The wreckage of a Zero, its engine, wings and center section are present in Visale today.
It has been heavily stripped, likely during the war. The missionary who cared for the pilot was still alive in 2006.
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Last Updated
October 7, 2009
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