RNZAF
17 Squadron
Pilot Flying Officer Owen Davies (KIA)
Crashed January 30, 1945 at 10:45am
Aircraft History
Built by Vought. Constructors Number 5915. Bureau Number 57092. Shipped from USA on 24 July 1944 aboard USS Grand Mesa. Assembled in Espiritu Santo and BOC Unit 60 on August 11, 1944 and assigned to 23 Squadron on October 9, 1944. Then to 20 Squadron on October 26, 1944. Next to 17 Squadron by January 1945. Aircraft written off at Green Island.
Mission History
Took off from Nissian Airfield (Green Island). On a mission against Rabaul area, this aircraft failed to pull out of a dive while strafing a convoy of trucks amd crashed near Vulcan Crater at 1045 hours on January 30, 1945. Flying Officer Owen Davies killed.
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