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Frank_Olynyk · 7 January 2002, 02:45 PM

Errol,
The date of his death is given as March 25, 1943, supposedly in a P-40. I had a friend of mine search the aircraft accident reports, and he was unable to find anything. Recently, on this forum, in a post about H

Weir Cook, it was suggested that he was actually flying a P-39. I passed that information to my friend, but have not yet heard back from him about that possibility. I did find a reference in the New York Times, of Monday March 29, 1943, a short note datelined March 28, Indianapolis, saying that he had died Thursday, in the South Pacific war area from injuries suffered in a plane accident. Now I am wondering if the date could be the 26th, because of the International Date line. Have to find the accident report, I guess.

Frank.

7 January 2002, 02:45 PM	#21 (permalink)
Frank_Olynyk Forum Ace Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 916	Errol, The date of his death is given as March 25, 1943, supposedly in a P-40. I had a friend of mine search the aircraft accident reports, and he was unable to find anything. Recently, on this forum, in a post about H Weir Cook, it was suggested that he was actually flying a P-39. I passed that information to my friend, but have not yet heard back from him about that possibility. I did find a reference in the New York Times, of Monday March 29, 1943, a short note datelined March 28, Indianapolis, saying that he had died Thursday, in the South Pacific war area from injuries suffered in a plane accident. Now I am wondering if the date could be the 26th, because of the International Date line. Have to find the accident report, I guess. Frank. __________________ Civilization is the most fragile ecology of all.