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Pilot Major Floyd B. Parks, O-005006 USMC (MIA / KIA) Salisbury, MO MIA June 4, 1942 Aircraft History Built by Brewster Aeronautical Corporation as model 339-23. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as F2A-3 Buffalo bureau number 01518. Wartime History Assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221) with code MF-1. No known nickname or nose art. On December 25, 1941 fourteen F2A-3 Buffalos took off from USS Saratoga (CV-3) and landed at Midway Airfield. Mission History On June 4, 1942 took off from Midway Airfield piloted by Maj Floyd Bruce Parks during the Battle of Midway on an interception mission. This Buffalo was shot down by A6M2 Zeros roughly 30 miles northwest of Midway. When this aircraft failed to return it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Memorials Parks was officially declared dead on June 5, 1943. He earned the Navy Cross and Purple Heart, posthumously. He is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) at the courts of the missing on court 4. Parks also has a memorial marker at Salisbury Cemetery in Salisbury, MO. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - F2A-3 Buffalo 01518 "01518 (VMF-221) shot down by Japanese A6M2 30 mi NW of Midway Island, Battle of Midway, Jun 4, 1942. Pilot KIA" 'Summing it Up: VMF-221 at Midway' by Santiago A Flores American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Floyd Bruce Parks FindAGrave - Maj Floyd Bruce Parks (photo, courts of the missing) FindAGrave - Maj Floyd Bruce Parks (photo, memorial marker photo) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated July 14, 2024 |
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