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Dauntless NZ5050

Aircraft Model:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
Constructor's No.:5526
Identities:36898; NZ5050
Name / Nose Art:PRUNE'S PROGRESS
Units:No. 25 Squadron, RNZAF

Timeline

17 April 1944Aircraft failed to return from a bombing mission to Lakunai, Rabaul.
P/O GEOFFREY HAUGHTON CRAY, RNZAF 4213648 (Missing)
W/O FRANK DESMOND BELL, RNZAF 413244 (Missing)

References

Pacific Wrecks 2017 SBD-5 "Prune's Progrss" Serial Number NZ5050. Retrieved 28 December 2017 from <https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/sbd/NZ5050.html>.

Prince, I. 2013 RNZAF Douglas SBD-3,-4,-5 Dauntless Aircraft type. NZDF Serials. Retrieved 28 December 2017 from <http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdauntless.htm>.

Record updated on 28 December 2017.

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