USMC
VMF-122
Pilot Major Quintus B. Nelson, O-7968 (MIA)
Crashed April 16, 1945
Aircraft History
Built by Goodyear.
Mission History
Ditched into the water at In Malakal Harbor near Koror.
Wreckage
Crash site discovered by BentProp.org in 2002. The wreckage was a large Debris Field over 50m radius where it impacted into coral reef
Memorials
Bent Prop preformed a memorial service, with Nelson's son on Palau in 2003. Investigated by JPAC in 2004.
Relatives
Jim Nelson (son of Nelson)
References
Last Flight Home tells the story of the search and the memorial service
Thanks to Daniel T. O'Brien / BentProp.org for additional details.
F4U
MIA
Corsair Crash
Memorial
