| Caption | Gun camera photo from an F4U Corsair from Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-213 showing a USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber shot down by friendly fire over Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. ww2dbase | |||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation | |||||||||
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| Photo Size | 422 x 666 pixels | |||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 12 Jan 1945 | |||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Minoru Kamada says:
13 Nov 2015 07:04:28 PM
David Stubblebine, thank you for posting this.
Could you tell me how I can get the Missing Report #11163 if you don't mind ? I thought it was a PB4Y as the AAR indicated.
I did not know that Liberators for 14th A.F. flew over cam Ranh area during Jan. 1945. Reagrds, Minoru, Tokyo, Japan
13 Nov 2015 07:04:28 PM
David Stubblebine, thank you for posting this.
Could you tell me how I can get the Missing Report #11163 if you don't mind ? I thought it was a PB4Y as the AAR indicated.
I did not know that Liberators for 14th A.F. flew over cam Ranh area during Jan. 1945. Reagrds, Minoru, Tokyo, Japan
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23 Jun 2015 10:51:27 PM
B-24J “Shootin’ Star” of US 14th Air Force, 308th Bomb Group, 374th Bomb Squadron. Missing Air Crew Report #11163 says, “Plane 42-73249 departed Luliang, China, at 1030 hours, 12 January 1945, on long range reconnaissance mission to South China Sea and Indo-China coast. No further contact since take-off.” 10 KIA. Marine Corsair pilots flying from USS Essex reported the aircraft initially reported the downed aircraft was an “Emily” (Kawinishi H8K 4-engine flying boat) and that “the plane was unmarked except for camouflage paint and responded to questioning maneuvers and signals with gunfire only.”