18 AUGUST 1944
Captain Clarence L. "Solie" Solander, pilot of "Daylight Special", while on a searching mission for a P-38 pilot reported to have landed at sea at 0 degrees 45'S, 135 degrees 00'E, sighted a white man in a native canoe off the South shore of Japen Island. He circled the canoe several times to investigate and was surprised to note that the white man proved to be an albino native. However, the natives kept pointing towards the village on the shore, where Captain Solander sighted a beached Air Corps life raft, and a native paddling a white man with his parachute in the direction of the ship. Captain Solander landed and picked up the lost P-38 pilot. The pilot stated that while returning from a strafing mission over Ceram, his fuel became exhausted and he was forced to land his plane on a coral reef, 200 yards off the shore of Japen Island. The pilot was unhurt, paddled ashore in his life raft and spent the night with friendly natives.

AIRCRAFT:	OA-10A* / 44-33880 (CV-332)**
CREW:	(Pilot) Captain Clarence L. Solander; (Co-Pilot) 2nd Lt. Richard K. Knowlton; (Navigator) 2nd Lt. Harry I. Schulman; (Engineer) Staff Sergeant Prescott D. Register; (Radio) Corporal Ned M. Books; (Radar) Sergeant Anthony C. Napolitano
CALLSIGN:	"Daylight Special"
RESCUED:	1 P-38 Pilot (Name Unknown)

AIRCRAFT:	OA-10A* / 44-33885 (CV-342)**
CREW:	(Pilot) ACP J.A. Scrivner, (Pilot) 2ndLt. Kenneth N. Hunter, (Co-pilot) 2nd Lt. William C. Holbrook, (Navigator) 2nd Lt. John L. Hotz, (Flight Surgeon) Captain Louie Goldberg, (Engineer) S/Sgt Charles M. Bledsoe, (Radar) Corp Victor G. Frank, (Radar) Sgt Richard A. Littlefield, (AR) T/Sgt D. J. Laurcella, (Surgical Tech) S/Sgt Louis C. Hibbard
CALLSIGN:	"Unknown"
RESCUED:	1 P-38 Pilot (Name Unknown)