USN
USS Princeton
VF-23
Pilot Ensign Leonard C. Keener, O-176922 USNR (MIA / KIA) CA
Crashed November 1, 1943
Pilot History
Keener earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart
Mission History
Took off from
the USS Princeton to attack Bonis
Airfield. Last seen on a strafing run, never returned. Pilot was declared dead on January 11, 1946.
Wreckage
In the early 1970s, pieces of wreckage with Bu No 66021 were noted by Charles Darby at Bonis in a pile where they had been collected.
References
Thanks to Ted Darcy for additional information
Note: Another source incorrectly lists this aircraft lost at 'Rabaul'
F6F
MIA
