USAAF
5th AF
35th FG
40th FS
Former Assignments
8th FG
36th FS
Pilot 2nd Lt. Paul J. Magre, O-428515 (MIA/KIA)
Crashed June 16, 1942
Aircraft History
Assigned to the 8th FG when it first arrived in New Guinea.
Wartime History
Shot down during aerial combat, declared MIA. Later, his body recovered on beach near Bau Village on the north coast of New Guinea.
Edward Rogers adds:
"I had seen 41-7222 being used for Magre's aircraft, in the file "Missing Airacobras" at the National Archives, Australia website. On the other hand I have an intelligence report by Lt. Kyple (19 June 1942) saying 7222 was Hutcheson's plane. The strongest piece of evidence is the 40th Fighter Squadron operations log which has all take-offs and landings as well as the tail number of every pilots plane for every mission."
References
Thanks to Edward Rogers and Aerothentic for historical details
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