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| USMC MAW-1 MAG-14 VMF-222 "Flying Deuces"  USMC c1944  USMC c1944 |
Pilot 2nd Lt. Archie C. Peru, O-028035 (MIA / KIA) WA Crashed November 12, 1944 at 4:35pm Aircraft History Built by Goodyear Aircraft Corporation in Akron, Ohio as model V-166B. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as FG-1A Corsair bureau number 14026. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the Pacific and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to 1st Marine Air Wing (MAW-1), Marine Air Group 14 (MAG-14) to Marine Fighting Squadron 222 (VMF-222) "Flying Deuces". This aircraft had no known nickname, nose art or squadron number. On October 19, 1944 took off from Green Island Airfield (Nissan) piloted by 2nd Lt. Archie Clifford Peru on a patrol and bombing mission over Rabaul. Mission History On November 12, 1944 took off from Nissan Airfield (Green Island) piloted by 2nd Lt. Archie Clifford Peru on a patrol mission over Rabaul. This Corsair was last seen at 4:35pm entering a hole in a cloud layer at about 2,000'. Immediately thereafter his wing man 400'' behind saw though a break in the cloud layer a long sheet of flame and considerable black smoke roughly two miles north of Four Ways (Four Corners) west of the Malaguna Road. When this aircraft failed to return it was officially listed as missing in action (MIA). Memorials Peru was officially declared dead January 25, 1946. He earned the Purple Heart, posthumously. Peru is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - FG-1A Corsair 14026 USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List November 1944 - FG-1A Corsair 14026 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Archie Clifford Peru FindAGrave - 2Lt Archie Clifford Peru (tablets of the missing) USMC Aircraft Action Report - Archie C. Peru USMC Aviators page 89 (pilot photo), 100 (group 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 7, 2024 |
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