MISSION REPORT - EVAC - 03

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26 SEPTEMBER 1944
First Lieutenant Frederick F. Hoss evacuated two wounded men and one sick Lieutenant from Warsaw Bay, Biak Island at 1400. The men were transferred from a landing craft in the open sea to his ship in a 25 to 30 knot wind. The landing and take-off in the rough seas was a tribute to the skill of Lieutenant Hoss. The men were transferred from the barge to the plane by rubber life raft and taken to the 92nd General Hospital on Owi Island.

EVACUATED:  2 wounded men, 1 sick Lieutenant

AIRCRAFT: OA-10A* 
USAAF SERNO: 44-33875 ("Axle Ass Annie") (CV-325)**
CALLSIGN: "Daylight"
 CREW: (Pilot) 1Lt Hoss, Frederick F. Jr


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 The narrative of these rescues was compiled and published in April 1946 from logbooks of pilots, notes, letters, and other
information by secretary Marina G. de Guzman in Pampanga, Philippines.

  * Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
 ** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to each aircraft produced by at the Cartierville, Quebec plan
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