Miss. 2nd Lt., Air Corps, WW II
Per Missing Air Crew Report 15853:
2nd Lt. Duke was a member of the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group.
He was attempting a single engine landing at a Bomber Strip at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. His engine was feathered. The belly tanks were not dropped. When the wheels were lowered, the plane began to lose altitude and crashed 5 miles north of Mareeba at Biboohra at 1605, August 9 1943. Cause of death was multiple internal injuries and cremation. He was initially buried at the US Cemetery at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He was reinterred in Mississippi in 1948.
Per Missing Air Crew Report 15853:
2nd Lt. Duke was a member of the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group.
He was attempting a single engine landing at a Bomber Strip at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. His engine was feathered. The belly tanks were not dropped. When the wheels were lowered, the plane began to lose altitude and crashed 5 miles north of Mareeba at Biboohra at 1605, August 9 1943. Cause of death was multiple internal injuries and cremation. He was initially buried at the US Cemetery at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He was reinterred in Mississippi in 1948.
Miss. 2nd Lt., Air Corps, WW II
Per Missing Air Crew Report 15853:
2nd Lt. Duke was a member of the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group.
He was attempting a single engine landing at a Bomber Strip at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. His engine was feathered. The belly tanks were not dropped. When the wheels were lowered, the plane began to lose altitude and crashed 5 miles north of Mareeba at Biboohra at 1605, August 9 1943. Cause of death was multiple internal injuries and cremation. He was initially buried at the US Cemetery at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He was reinterred in Mississippi in 1948.
Per Missing Air Crew Report 15853:
2nd Lt. Duke was a member of the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group.
He was attempting a single engine landing at a Bomber Strip at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. His engine was feathered. The belly tanks were not dropped. When the wheels were lowered, the plane began to lose altitude and crashed 5 miles north of Mareeba at Biboohra at 1605, August 9 1943. Cause of death was multiple internal injuries and cremation. He was initially buried at the US Cemetery at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He was reinterred in Mississippi in 1948.
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