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| USN FAW-1 VP-91  USN 1941 |
Pilot Lt(jg) Dighton L. Polan, o-99923 USNR (MIA / KIA) KS Crew Lt(jg) Willis C. Lincoln Jr., 0-99745 (MIA / KIA) Essex County, NJ Crew AP1 Howard L. Ripple, 3112129 (MIA / KIA) MI Crew ACRM Edward A. Morris, 2616815 (MIA / KIA) NC Crew ARM1 Kenneth Kellogg Jr., 3809976 (MIA / KIA) CA Crew ACRM Lance Moore, 3206400 (MIA / KIA) Ida Grove, IA Crew AMM2 Raymond L. Young Jr., 2437777 (MIA / KIA) NJ MIA October 15, 1942 Aircraft History Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as PBY-5 Catalina bureau number 04507. Wartime History Assigned to Fleet Air Wing 1 (FAW-1), Patrol Squadron 91 (VP-91). Side Number 91-P-2. No known nickname or nose art. Mission History On October 15, 1942 took off from Peou Bay (Pallu Passage) off Vanikoro Island (Vanikolo) piloted by Lt(jg) Dighton L. Polan on a patrol and planned to then land at Espiritu Santo. During the patrol, intercepted and shot down by A6M2 Zeros from Zuiho and Shokaku and was shot down. When this Catalina failed to return it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Also lost patrolling was PBY-5 Catalina 2297 pilot Lt. Lt(jg) Gordon B. Snyder (1 rescued, 7 MIA) Memorials The entire crew was officially declared dead on December 4, 1945. Each earned the Purple Heart, posthumously. All are memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) on the courts of the missing. Polan, Ripple, Moore and Morris on court 1. Young on court 2. Lincoln on court 3. Lincoln is also memorialized on his father's grave at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield, NJ. Ripple also has a memorial maker at Fort Custer National Cemetery at section MA site 207. Morris also has a memorial marker at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher, NC. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - PBY-5 Catalina 04507 U.S. Navy Overseas Loss List PBY-5 Catalina 04507 "421115 [sic 421015] / PBY-5 / 04507 / FAW-1 / SOPAC" date of crash listed as November 15, 1942 [sic October 15, 1942]" American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Dighton L. Polan FindAGrave - LtJg Dighton L Polan (photos, courts of the missing) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Willis C. Lincoln FindAGrave - LTJG Willis C. Lincoln (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Willis Cary Lincoln (father's grave photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Howard L. Ripple FindAGrave - AP1C Howard L Ripple (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Howard Laverne Ripple (memorial marker photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Edward A. Morris FindAGrave - ACRM Edward Aula “Buck” Morris (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Edward A. Morris (memorial marker photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Kenneth Kellogg, Jr. FindAGrave - ARm1 Kenneth Kellogg Jr. (courts of the missing photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Lance Moore FindAGrave - ACMM3 Lance Dressen Moore (courts of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Lance Dressen Moore (photo) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Raymond L. Young Jr. FindAGrave - AMM2 Raymond L Young Jr. (courts of the missing photo) Thanks to Jim Sawruk for additional information Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated February 15, 2024 |
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