MISSION REPORT: 18 July 1945

MISSION REPORT - RESCUES - 01

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18 JULY 1945
Second Lieutenant Jay K. Brockett, pilot of "Playmate Seven One", was returning to base after covering a strike on Davao Gulf when at 1533 he received a message stating that a dinghy had been sighted in Basilian Strait and to immediately investigate. Lieutenant Brockett sighted the raft with one man aboard at 1543. The survivor, 2nd Lt. J. Downey, member of Marine Air Group 12, crashed at 1533 hours at 6°50'N, 121°55'E, while returning from a strike on Davao. He was returned to Zamboanga at 1615. [Photo 1][Photo 2][Photo 3]

RESCUED MARINE F - 4U PILOT: Member of Marine Air Group 12 - Second Lieutenant J. Downey

AIRCRAFT: OA-10A*
USAAF SERNO: 44-33929 (CV-430)**
CALLSIGN: "Playmate 71"
CREW: (P) 2nd Lt. Jay K. Brockett; (Co-Pilot) 2nd Lt. Richard W. Deane; (Navigator) 2nd Lt. Robert Ponder; (Engineer) Sergeant Stewart, (Radio) Sergeant Clyde B. Alms

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The narrative of these rescues was compiled and published in April 1946 from logbooks of pilots, notes, letters, and other
information by secretary Marina G. de Guzman in Pampanga, Philippines.

* Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to each aircraft produced by at the Cartierville, Quebec plan
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