Vultee Vengence Serial Number A27-83

RAAF
24 Squadron

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February 27 1944
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February 27 1944

 

Force Landed  February 27, 1944

Mission History
This aircraft's engine overheated after a raid on Alexishafen, forcing it down in a kunai grass field a few miles from Nadzab. Another aircraft in the squadron took several photos of the aircraft in the grass, and the crew on the wing.

Post War
A 1962 photo in Pacific Aircraft Wrecks shows the same plane urnt by grass fires which ignited center fuel tanks, leaving only the wings, tail and cowl. Later, the remainder of the aircraft was broken up for scrap metal.

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