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25 DECEMBER 1944 - Lieutenant Colonel Wallace S. Ford, pilot of "Finder 1", took off from Morotai at 0745 on a mission to deliver fuel to Dipolog, Mindanao. At 0845 there position was (03°35'N, 126°55'E) and they called fighter cover to give them grid of the rendezvous point because the grid was not in the SOI. At 1045, they met fighter cover at Fletcher point. They landed at Dipolog at 1140, and after dropping off gas to refuel a thirsty B-24, they took 7 men of another B-24 on board and brought them back to Morotai, landing at 1550.

EVACUATED: Seven (7) men of a B-24

AIRCRAFT TYPE: C-47B  
USAAF SERNO: 43-49810 
CALLSIGN:  "Finder 1" 
CREW: (Pilot) Lieutenant Colonel Wallace S. Ford, (Co-Pilot) Lieutenant Colonel Tatum

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