RNZAF
4 Squadron
Former Assignments
Unit 19
2 Squadron
8 Squadron
Pilot F/O Keith Maxwell Graham, 436754 (MIA)
Crew Sgt Melville Pascoe Lawrence Moxsom, 4313880 (MIA)
Crew F/Sgt Leo Parkes Marshall, 432216 (MIA)
Crew Sgt Eric George Priest, 4314322 (MIA)
Crew Sgt Douglas David Read, 44810 (MIA)
Crashed May 28, 1945
Aircraft History
Constructor's Number 6209 and Bureau Number 49393. Assembled at Oahu, then shipped to Whenuapai, New Zeland and assigned to Unit 19 on February 29, 1944. Next assigned to 2 Squadron at Guadalcanal in late 1944, and later transfered to 8 Squadron in January 1945. Finally, assigned to 4 Squadron.
Mission History
Crashed during bad weather into a hillside on Mailaita
Island, and exploded.
References
Thanks to Daniel Leahy for crew details, NZ-ADF Serials for aircraft history
PV-1
MIA
