40-2049 Skipper
personal collection
Delivered 38RS/19BG [aircraft 39] Salt Lake City 15-Jan-41; transferred 9BS/7BG, with F.R. Dent crash landed Selfridge Field 24-Feb-41; Albuquerque 4-Dec-41; Pearl Harbor 7-Dec-41 with:
P Lt Bob Richards; CP Leon Humiston
Aviation Cadet F.B. Morris, Aviation Cadet George Gammans
AG S/Sgt Joe Angelini; AG S/Sgt Erwin Casebolt
AG S/Sgt Melvin Zajic; S/Sgt Lawrence Velarde
Pvt Vernon Tomlinson;
Aircraft was heavily damaged by Japanese fighters on arrival at Bellows Field, salvaged for spare parts. SKIPPER.
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 15 January 1941 | |
Crashed |
Selfridge Field | 24 February 1941 | |
Assigned |
Albuquerque, NM, USA | 4 December 1941 | |
Assigned |
Pearl Harbor, HI 96706, USA | 7 December 1941 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2105. Added Block Number, appended block number to nickname entry; Edited description, converted dates to military-style signification; formatted crew list.