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  F4U-1 Corsair Bureau Number 02602  
USMC
VMF-123

Pilot  Major Raynold George Tomes, O-006903 (MIA / KIA) NE
MIA  September 2, 1943

Pilot History
Tomes earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Gold Star, Purple Heart

Mission History
Took off from Munda Airfield on a mission over Kahilli. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Ballale Island.

Memorials
Declared dead the day of the mission, he is memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.

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Last Updated
October 6, 2009

 

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