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  P-39F-1 Airacobra Serial Number 41-7136  
USAAF
5th AF
35th FG
40th FS

Former Assignments
8th FG

Pilot  2nd Lt. Stanley F. Rice, O-426427 (MIA / KIA) NY
MIA  June 16, 1942

Aircraft History
Assigned to the 8th FG when it first arrived in New Guinea. Later, transfered to the 35th Fighter Group, 40th Fighter Squadron.

Wartime History
After an alert was sounded at 8:14am, this aircraft took off from 7-Mile Drome at 8:20am. Attacked by Tainan Kokutai A6M2 Zeros on a fighter sweep over Port Moresby. Last seen over Redscar Bay, declared MIA.

Memorials
Rice was officially declared dead on November 18, 1945. He is memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009

 

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