| Caption | Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below. ww2dbase | ||||||||
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2 Nov 2014 12:52:27 PM
This report includes many important blank spaces and one glaring mistake. The aircraft serial number is not listed (important) and the aircraft type is mistakenly listed as a B-17 (the aircraft was a B-24). This MACR report form itself was not even put into service until April 1946. It is clear that this report was created post-war to fill a gap discovered in the records. As such, it is expected that the report will be sketchy at best.