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Re: PBY crash near Guadalcanal on 1 January 1943
According to the accident report there were four fatalities, Norton, Dennis, Crossman and West. An unnamed Army pilot, presumably the rescued man, was among the survivors.
Andre was a VMF211 replacement pilot whose F4F was hit in the oil cooler by a Zeke, near Munda. Forced to ditch, he was rescued by natives, picked up by a PBY early in the new year, and flown back safely to Henderson Field.
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George Kernahan
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