RNZAF
20 Squadron
Pilot Flight Sergeant Ron Warren (POW)
Crashed June 21, 1945
Aircraft History
Built by Vought. Constructors Number 5815. Bureau Number 50568. Shipped from USA on July 19, 1944 aboard USS Kwajalein. Assembled in Espiritu Santo and BOC Unit 60 on August 5, 1944. At Espiritu Santo August 1944. Coded "02". and assigned to 23 Squadron on October 9, 1944. To 20 Squadron on October 26, 1944. Assigned to 24 Squadron on May 20, 1945. Finally to 20 Squadron by June 1945. Aircraft written off books at Jacquinot Bay.
Mission History
The aircraft was pulling out of a dive when it crashed into jungle on Ulu Island in the Duke of York Island Group on June 21, 1945. Flight Sergeant Ron Warren captured by Japanese and held as POW.
F4U
POW
