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(Center) Lt(jg) Kenneth A. Flinn with a group of Japanese Army soldiers on Miyako Jima
On October 13, 1944 pilot F6F-3 Hellcat 41715 ditched near shore into shallow water and was captured by the Japanese Army and became a Prisoner Of War (POW). Afterwards detained at Ofuna Camp and died in captivity on July 23, 1945.
Credit: IJA via Mrs. Yamakawa via Minoru Kamada  Date: October 13, 1944
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