Pacific Wrecks 2020 Daily Updates
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• 2-27  February 27, 1945: Lost due to bad weather are P-51D pilot Alexander (POW / MIA) and P-51D 44-63338 pilot 2nd Lt Bollinger (MIA).
• 2-26  February 26, 1945: Lost is C-87A Liberator Express 41-24174 with Lt. Gen Millard F. Harmon and Brig Gen James R. Andersen
• 2-25  February 25, 1945: B-24 Liberators from the Far East Air Force bomb Labuan Airfield on Labuan Island off Borneo
• 2-24  February 24, 1945: F-7 Liberators from the 20th Combat Mapping Squadron (20th CMS) move from Morotai to San Jose Airfield
• 2-23  February 23, 1945: U. S. Marines raise the first flag raising and second flag raising atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
• 2-22  February 22, 1945: U. S. Army artillery bombards Intramuros the Spanish built 16th century fortress in Manila to create breeches
• 2-21  February 21, 1945: U. S. Army 12th Cavalry assault Manila Hotel / Sunk by two kamikazies is USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 off Iwo Jima
• 2-20  February 20, 1945: Lost is P-47D “Nancie-A” 42-28493 pilot 1st Lt. Thomas C. Prizzia on a fighter sweep to Formosa (Taiwan)
• 2-19  February 19, 1945: U. S. Marine Corps (USMC) make an amphibious landing on Iwo Jima and suffer 2,400 casualties the first day
• 2-18  February 18, 1945: Lost is TBM Avenger 22904 pilot Ensign Robert "Bob" T. King over Chi Chi Jima two crew captured and executed
• 2-17  February 17, 1945: Mission 35: Eight of nine B-29s from Saipan bomb the submarine pens on Dublon Island in Truk Lagoon
• 2-16  February 16, 1945: U. S. Army assaults Corregidor with the 503rd Parachute Regiment and 34th Infantry Regiment amphibious landing
• 2-15  February 15, 1945: U. S. Army "South Force" lands at Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula and advance to the north and east.
• 2-14  February 14, 1945: Four B-24 Liberators from the 7th Air Force bomb Susaki Airfield on Chi Chi Jima (Father Island)
• 2-13  February 13, 1945: Filipino guerrillas from the 1st Battalion of the 15th Infantry of liberate Laoag in Ilocos Norte Province on Luzon
• 2-12  February 12, 1945: A-20s, B-25s and fighters support advancing U. S. Army soldiers advancing on the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon.
• 2-11  February 11, 1945: Crash landed is B-25D "Little Joe" 42-87281 pilot 2nd Lt. Walter "Ken" Kenneth Barber at Hill Airfield on Mindoro
• 2-10  February 10, 1945: Lost is B-24L "Royal Flush" 44-41465 pilot 1st Lt Edwin E. Brashear hit by anti-aircraft fire over Haha Jima
• 2-9  February 9, 1945: Lost is A-20G "Shag On" 43-9134 pilot 2nd Lt William N. Sleeth crashed on Muschu Island
• 2-8  February 8, 1945: Force landed is PBV-1A Canso 11007 pilot F/O Ronnie J. Scholes west of Tofino Airfield on Vancouver Island
• 2-7  February 7, 1945: B-29s Superfortresses bomb Phnom Penh in Cambodia long before the strategic bombing during the Vietnam War
• 2-6  February 6, 1945: Lost is PBJ-1H "Love Bug" 35275 pilot 1st Lt. Love on Ponape Island / General MacArthur declares Manila liberated
• 2-5  February 5, 1945: Lost is UC-64A Norseman 43-5176 pilot 2nd Lt. Jimmie L. Riche crashed into Yapen Strait (Japen Strait) four missing
• 2-4  February 4, 1945: Force landed is P-51D 44-63290 pilot 2nd Lt. Keith Muir at Nadzab Airfield No. 1 after an engine failure and survived
• 2-3  February 3, 1945: Force landed is B-24L Liberator A72-88 two miles west of Fenton Airfield today parts displayed Darwin Air Museum
• 2-2  February 2, 1945: Force landed is P-38J Lightning 42-67638 pilot 1st Lt. Arthur W. Kidder, Jr. on Buldir Island salvaged August 1994
• 2-1  February 1, 1945: Lost is P-51D 44-15199 pilot 2nd Lt. Jerome B. Yates off Camiguin Island in northern Luzon
• February 2020
• 1-31  January 31, 1945: U. S. Army 11th Airbone Division liberates Nasugbu on Luzon in the Philippines
• 1-30  January 30, 1945: "The Great Raid" U. S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion "Alamo Scouts" liberate prisoners from Cabanatuan POW Camp
• 1-29  January 29, 1945: Ditched is B-25J "30,000 North American Airplane" 44-29544 with the crew rescued within an hour
• 1-28  January 28, 1945: "Pick's First Convoy" crosses the border in southern China on the Ledo Road (Stillwell Road) from India via Burma
• 1-27  January 27, 1945: Lost is B-29 "Rover Boys Express" 42-24769 / Japanese suicide attack destroys M7 Priest at San Manuel
• 1-26  January 26, 1945: 20th Air Force 25 B-29 release drop mines off Saigon and into Camranh Bay and Phan Rang Bay in Indochina
• 1-25  January 25, 1945: Force landed is B-25D "Hawg-mouth" 41-30222 in the Tanami desert today displayed at Darwin Aviation Museum
• 1-24  January 24, 1945: U. S. Army 25th Division, 161st Infantry Regiment supported by M4 Sherman near San Manuel on Luzon
• 1-23  January 23, 1945: Lost is B-29 "Homing De-Vice" 42-24785 pilot Major Frank A. Roberts MIA bombing Nagoya spun into sea
• 1-22  January 22, 1945: 39th Fighter Squadron moves to Mangaldan Airfield on Luzon in the Philippines
• 1-21  January 21, 1945: USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) carrier aircraft attack Toshien Harbor (Takao) damaged is SB2C-3 Helldiver 18632
• 1-20  January 20, 1945: Lost is A-20G Havoc 43-21622 over Wewak / Crashed is Beaufort A9-557 at Tadji Airfield today at AWM
• 1-19  January 19, 1945: A single B-24 flies a radar ferret mission while two others bomb volcanic Onnekotan Island in the Kurile Islands
• 1-18  January 18, 1945: Ditched is A6M2 Zero 31870 off Cape Lambert salvaged 1972 and today displayed at the Tokyo Science Museum
• 1-17  January 17, 1945: Crashed is B-24J "Milady" 42-73134 pilot 2nd Lt. Robert T. Neal on the Cox Peninsula near Darwin wreck remains
• 1-16  January 16, 1945: Lost is TBM Avenger 73343 pilot Lt(jg) Richard Lee Hunt, Jr. crashed Hong Kong
• 1-15  January 15, 1945: A Black Day for the Kiwis: Lost are eight Corsairs due to enemy action and bad weather including F4U NZ5283
• 1-14  January 14, 1945: Lost is B-24J "Lady Jane" 42-100271 pilot 2nd Lt. William F. Plunkett on a night mission and went missing
• 1-13  January 13, 1945: Lost is Spitfire A58-419 pilot F/Sgt Edmond M. Stevenson ditched off Termate Island and became a POW
• 1-12  January 12, 1945: Lost is B-24D "Shootin' Star" 42-73249 pilot 1st Lt. Robert E. Churgin shot down by F4U Corsairs from VMF-12
• 1-11  January 11, 1945: Over Luzon, F-6D "Snooks the 5th" 44-14841 pilot Captain William A. Shomo claims 7 earns the Medal of Honor
• 1-10  January 10, 1945: Lost is P-61B Black Widow 42-39445 pilot 2nd Lt. Logan Southfield crashed into the Cyclops Mountains
• 1-9  January 9, 1945: The U. S. Army 6th Army under General Douglas MacArthur begins the amphibius landing at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon.
• 1-8  January 8, 1945: Damaged is F4U Corsair NZ5527 pilot FSgt T. Simpson and was written off and converted into instructional airframe
• 1-7  January 7, 1945: Lost is P-38L "Eileen-Ann" 44-24845 pilot Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. America's 2nd highest scoring ace of WWII
• 1-6  January 6, 1945: A-20s and fighter bombers blast bridges and targets of opportunity at Calumpit in Bulacan Province on Luzon
• 1-5  January 5, 1945: Operation Grubworm is completed with Chinese and US troops and supplies flown to Chanyi Airfield and other airfields
• 1-4  January 4, 1945: A kamikaze hits USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79 and is scuttled / Force landed is F6F Hellcat 71441 at Kobi on Formosa
• 1-3  January 3, 1945: Lost is P-38L 44-25217 pilot Lt. Col Grattan "Grant" Mahony with more combat hours than any fighter pilot in USAAF
• 1-2  January 2, 1945: Lost is P-38L "Putt Putt Maru III" 44-24843 pilot Captain Henry L. Condon, II over Clark Field and was rescued
• 1-1  January 1, 1945: Force landed is P-38G Lightning 42-13400 on Attu Island recovered 1999 and displayed Elmendorf AFB
• January 2020
  

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