MISSION REPORT - EVAC - 01
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20 APRIL 1945
 Captain George A. Barnes, pilot of "Playmate 47", departed Zamboanga (Mindanao) at 1210 and landed in the water off Jolo Island at 1255, where Cpl Ernest L. Fink was transferred from a landing barge to the rescue ship. Corporal Fink was severely wounded during the landing operation on Jolo Island and was taken to Zamboanga and transferred to the Hospital for treatment.

EVACUATED: 1 wounded soldier


AIRCRAFT: OA-10A* 
USAAF SERNO: 44-33880 (CV-332)**
CALLSIGN:  "Playmate 47"  
CREW: (Pilot) Captain George A. Barnes


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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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