Pilot 1st Lt Charles C. Winnia, O-14324 (POW /
MIA) CA
Shot Down July 18, 1943
Aircraft History
Bureau Number unknown.
Mission History
Took off from Henderson Field on an escort mission for B-24s bombing Kahilli Airfield. Intercepted enemy aircraft over the target. This aircraft failed to return. Captured by the Japanese.
Memorials
Declared dead on January 10, 1946, he is memorialized at the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.
Winnia is the only VMF-213 pilot who listed as a prisoner of war.
References
Diary of Corsair Pilot in the Solomons, 1943
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