F4U-1A Corsair Bureau Number 17527

USMC
VMF-214

 

Pilot  Captain Robert Thomas Ewing, O-11353
MIA  September 16, 1943

AIrcraft History
Built by Vought. This aircraft was possibility Bu No 17127 instead.

Mission History
Took off from the Russell Islands on a mission to Ballale, last seen diving to attack a group of Zeros over the target, and never returned from the mission.

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