Part of a wing off the "Coral Princess". a USArmy B25, she took off from Makin Airfield at 8:15am on June 29th 1944, piloted by 1st Lt Karl James.
Around lunchtime she was hit by a Japanese 127mm anti aircraft shell and exploded over Nauru. The crew all died in the crash. Bits of the aircraft still litter the middle of the island.
Someone had put the crews details in a small memorial book and left it at the crash site:
Pilot 1st Lt. Karl R. James,
Co-Pilot Alexander Cheropovich
Navigator John Keeling
Radio Frank Kapla,
Engineer Harry Stockton
Gunner Benedict Jasper
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