Shipped from USA on 07 March 1944 aboard "USS Table Rock".
Assembled in Espiritu Santo and BOC Unit 60 on 26 March 1944.
Issued to No.15 Fighter Squadron, Guadalcanal on 26 May 1944.
Coded "C" and "55". With 'Irate Donald Duck' Motif.
To No.21 Sqaudron on 26 July 1944.
Crashed into the jungle near Kara at 0900 hours on 29 August 1944.
The aircraft failed to recover from a low level strafing attack and burst into flames after crashing.
Flight Sergeant Ronald Bayly killed.
Aircraft written off books at Bougainville.
Wreckage sighted April 1998 by Truce Monitoring team. Remains of pilot not found. info from adf-serials team
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