Pilot  1st Lt. Donno C. Bellows, O-726736 (rescued)
Crashed  September 13, 1943

Mission History
This aircraft disappeared following combat in the Wewak area, and crashed near Dumpu (before an Allied airfield was built at this location) and the Ramu River west of Madang. The aircraft was in the same formation as the P-38 piloted Lt Knox, who was also lost. The pilot was subsequently rescued the following day friendly ground forces.

Wreckage
Nose section abandoned near Dumpu, in the early 1970s. The rest of the aircraft appears to have been removed during the war, or otherwise scrapped more recently.

References
Microfilm 1065 13 frame 757 mentions one mile east of the Ramu River near the headwaters of the Puri Creek, 06.13 146.00, but does not specify if this is where the pilot landed, or the location of the wreckage of the aircraft.

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