Pacific Wrecks

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Chronology

P-39 Airacobra Serial Number ?

USAAF
5th AF
71st TRG
110th TRS

Pilot ?
Crashed April 16, 1944 "Black Sunday"
MACR none

Aircraft History
Built by Bell in Buffalo, New York. Delivered to the U.S. Army, serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia and reassembled.

Wartime History
Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (110th TRS). No known nose art or nickname.

Mission History
On April 16, 1944 destroyed parked on the ground.

References
Black Sunday page ?

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Last Updated
September 12, 2022

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