P-39K-1-BE Airacobra Serial Number 42-4285

USAAF
13th AF

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Nicolas Duprey, 2001

Pilot  Col. Cook
Crashed  March 23, 1943 (?)

Aircraft History
Assigned to the 13th AF during August / September 1942. Stricken from USAAF inventory on March 23, 1943.

Mission History
Took off on a training mission. Crashed near Ouassio Hill near Nouméa on New Caledonia. It could have crashed on or several months before March 23, 1943, before Army paperwork caught up.

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Thanks to Nicolas Duprey for additional information

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