Shipped from USA on 04 April 1944 aboard "USS Rudyard Bay".
Assembled in Espiritu Santo and BOC Unit 60 on 01 May 1944.
Issued to No.15 Fighter Squadron, Guadalcanal on 20 May 1944.
Coded "62". With 'Irate Donald Duck' Motif.
To No.14 Squadron on 08 August 1944.
To No.16 Squadron on 21 December 1944.
To No.21 Squadron on 12 June 1945.
To No.19 Squadron by July 1945.
Crashed at Jacquinot Bay and burnt out on 23 July 1845.
The aircraft suffered an engine failure on takeoff and crashed onto the runway.
Flight Sergeant D. Howlett injured.
Aircraft written off books at Jacquinot Bay. Info from adf-serials Team
Place skin in Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\F4U-1D\Liveries\F4U-1D_CW
