Pacific Wrecks - William C. Gronemeyer during advanced flight training class 43-D with P-38 Lightning at Williams Field

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William C. Gronemeyer during advanced flight training class 43-D with P-38 Lightning at Williams Field
On December 31, 1944 pilot P-38H Lightning 42-66562 took off from Nadzab Airfield No. 1 with passenger 1st Lt. Charles W. Springer on a cross country flight bound for Port Moresby and crashed southwest of Marilinan and was Missing In Action (MIA) until the crash site was found in 1980.
Credit: USAAF Date: April 1943
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