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22 August 1943
R 1/c Harry C. Scribner TBF-1 Avenger
22 April 1944
1st Lt. Laverne A. Lallathin, 2nd Lt. Dwight D. Ekstam, 2nd Lt. Walter B. Vincent, Jr., Tech. Sgt. James A. Sisney, Cpl. Wayne R. Erickson, Cpl. John D. Yeager, and Pfc. John A. Donovan, U.S. Marine Corps, were lost on April 22, 1944 when their PBJ-1 crashed over the island of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). They were identified on Jan. 24, 2012. They were accounted for on May 7, March 28, March 6, May 9, March 7, March 14, March 16 respectively.




http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/

August 23, 1943 http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/a ... 06240.html
April 22, 1944 http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/pbj/35087.html

Scribner was accounted for June 26, 2012 http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_rele ... ribner.pdf

Warm good afternoon from Port Vila (Vanuatu)

I wonder would anybody out there have any records of how many planes based in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) went missing or crashed.

Many thanks from here.

Andrew