USMC
VMF-122
Last Flight Home 2002
Pilot 2nd Lt. James R. Misley,
O-031535 (KIA)
Crashed March 10, 1945
AIrcraft History
Built by Vought.
Mission History
Took off from Peleliu Airfield. Shot down and impacted hill, crashing at Ngatpang in jungle on Babeldaob.
Wreckage
Identified by Bent Prop on
their P-MAN IV expedition, finding the last digits of the bureau number '807'.
Memorials
Misley is buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery at section N, site 2422.
References
Thanks to Pat Scannon / BentProp.org for additional information
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