Crash Site P-47D-3-RA Thunderbolt 42-22661
2nd Lt. Thorpe ditched his P-47 to the north of the island Kairuri on 27 May 1944. He was arrested on the beach of the island, interrogated and subsequently executed.
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- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: U.S. Air Force
- Pacific Wrecks
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- Saint John's Mission - Kairiru
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- Former Seaplane Base Kairuri - Kairiru
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