Neal Kearby vs F1M PETE

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Hello

19/10/1943:Wewak (Kaeriu island)
6 "PETE" shot down by 348th FG (Kearby 2,Love 2,Dunham 1,Wood 1)

What unit is it? its losses? I doubt the veracity of these victories....the victories of the 5th AF being particularly "fanciful"

Michel

[Leendert]

A reference is made to 958th Kokutai in a partly online book "P-47D Thunderbolt vs Ki-43-II Oscar: New Guinea 1943–44" for the F1M Pete shot down by Dunham in the Kairiru Island area.

Also see https://pacificwrecks.com/units/ijn/958.html

Please note it's Neel as first name for Kearby, not Neal.

Regards,
Leendert

[R Leonard]

10/19/1943
1LT Franklin B Love, 342 FS, 2 F1M, 2 mi east of Wewak
1LT Theodore S Wood, 342 FS, 1 F1M, 2 mi east of Wewak
CPT William Douglas Dunham, 342 FS, 1 F1M, 2 mi east of Wewak
COL Neel Earnest Kearby, 348 FG, 2 F1M, 2 mi east of Wewak