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Pilot 2nd Lt Douglas B. Tubb, O-421633 (MIA / KIA) MS Gunner Sgt Donald S. Mackay, Jr., 19000309 (MIA / KIA) Alameda County, CA MIA February 20, 1942 MACR none Aircraft History Built by Douglas. Constructors Number 929. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as A-24 Dive Bomber serial number 41-15796. Disassembled and shipped to Australia and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 27th Bombardment Group (27th BG), 91st Bombardment Squadron (91st BS). This aircraft had an unknown tail number (two digits). No known nose art or nickname. Mission History On February 20, 1942 took off from Singosari Airfield (Malang) on Java piloted by 2nd Lt Douglas B. Tubb with gunner Sgt Donald S. Mackay, Jr. as one of seven A-24 Dive Bombers on a dive bombing mission against the Japanese landing force off Bali. Over the target, this A-24 likely hit by anti-aircraft fire and failed to pull out of its dive and crashed into the sea. When this aircraft failed to return it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Also damaged and ditched was A-24 41-15760 pilot 2nd Richard H. Launder (survived). Memorials Both crew were officially declared dead the day of the mission. Tubb earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart, posthumously. He is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. Mackay earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart, posthumously. He is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. SBD-4 Dauntless 10575 and A-24B 42-54582 displayed at the USAF Museum is painted in the markings of this aircraft with tail serial number 115796 [41-15796]. References USAF World War II Army Enlistment Records - Douglas B. Tubb USAF World War II Army Enlistment Records - Donald S. Mackay USAF Serial Number Search Results - A-24-DE 41-15796 "15796 (91st BS) crashed into sea Feb 19, 1942 while attacking enemy fleet. Crew KIA" Clarion-Ledger "Douglas Tubb Killed In Action While Fighting The Japanese" March 13, 1942 page 13 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Douglas B. Tubb American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Donald S. Mackay Jr. FindAGrave - 2Lt Douglas Bibby Tubb (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSgt Donald S MacKay, Jr (tablets of the missing) They Fought with What They Had (1951, 1992) by Walter Edmonds pages 394 (Tubb), 531 (index Tubb) Operation Plumb (2008) by Adrian R. Martin pages 93, 135-136, 362 (index), 297 (Appendix I) Harvest of the Grim Reapers (2021) pages 75 (map), 91-93 (February 20, 1942), 92 (photo Tubb), 526 (index Tubb) 57 (evacuation list), 92, 98, 385, 444 (Loss February 20, 1942), 455 (91st BS, 41-15796), 456 (91st BS, 41-15760 Tubb) Thanks to Edward Rogers for research and analysis Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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