R4D-1 Dakota Bureau Number 01648

USMC

 

Crashed  November 12 or 13, 1942

Aircraft History
R4D-1 Bureau Number 01648 (possibly)

Mission History
Took off from Henderson Field and flew out low over Sealark Channel (Iron Bottom Sound), when a few miles out from the coast, it blew up and fragments fell into the sea. The entire crew were killed.

Reference
Thanks to Ewan Stevenson for this information

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R4D1

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