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keith A

3rd July 2023 20:43

Annapolis '39 classmates

An interesting fact is that class '39 Lt Robert Scott “Scottie” Whitman was flying a PBY-5A of VP- 44 when he was killed in action on 4 June 1942. He was attacked by Japanese Mitsubishi F1M2 Type 0 float planes from the seaplane carrier Chitose about 340 miles west of Midway and died when his Catalina crashed.

Lieutenant Commander George C. Duncan of VF-15 dropped a bomb on Chitose when it was sunk in October 1944.

K

R Leonard

3rd July 2023 21:09

Re: Annapolis '39 classmates

I'm presuming you've already found this.

http://www.usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/Category:1939

keith A

4th July 2023 08:18

Re: Annapolis '39 classmates

Yep working through it to identify those that were aircrew in WW2. It's been a great story so far. So many of Duncan's contemporaries were involved in events (major and minor) that I have read of. Tragically a substantial number failed to survive the war.

best regards

Keith

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