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Pilot 1st Lt. Fleming P. Griffith, O-023017 (MIA / KIA) Ravenna, KY Crashed January 12, 1944 Aircraft History Built by Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo. Constructors Number 3439. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as SBD-5 Dauntless bureau number 29092. Disassembled and shipped to the South Pacific (SOPAC) and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) to Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 151 (VMSB-151). No known nickname, nose art or number. Mission History On January 12, 1944 took off piloted by 1st Lt. Fleming P. Griffith on a mission. Lost over Wallis Island. When this aircraft failed to return it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Memorials Griffith was officially declared dead the day of the mission. He is memorialized at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) at court 2. Griffith also has a memorial marker at Berea Cemetery in Berea, KY. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - SBD-5 Dauntless 29092 USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List January 1944 - SBD Dauntless 29092 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Fleming P. Griffith FindAGrave - 1Lt Fleming P Griffith (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Fleming Park Griffith (photo, memorial marker) Fold3 - Fleming P. Griffith (photo) WWII Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualty List - Fleming P. Griffith United States Marine Corps Casualties - Part 1 By Name 1941-45 Gabaccia to Gyory - Griffith, Fleming P. "GRIFFITH, Fleming P, First Lieutenant, O-023017, USMC, from Michigan, Honolulu Memorial (bm) + GRIFFITH, Fleming Park, 23017, VMSB151, MAG13, 4thMBDAW, FMF, Wallis Island, January 12, 1944, accidental death (mc) + GRIFFITH, Fleming P., 1st Lieutenant, USMCR. Father, Mr. Fleming B. Griffith, 100 Seward, Detroit, Mich (na) + GRIFFITH, Fleming P, 1STLT, O-023017, USMC, from Michigan, location Pacific Ocean, date of loss January 12, 1944 (pm)" Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated February 27, 2022 |
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