Name
M. W. Flannery - "Moss"
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1942-Apr-04
USN
VP-11
1942-Jan-09
USN
USS Curtiss
Date
Rate
1942-Apr-04
Lt.(jg)
1942-Jul-08
Lieutenant
Citation
Date
Post
Action
1942-Apr-04
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0700, landed 1900.
1942-Apr-07
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0700, landed 2000.
1942-Apr-10
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1950.
1942-Apr-13
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Landed 1900.
1942-Apr-18
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0605, landed 1930.
1942-Apr-22
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1910.
1942-Apr-26
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1930.
1942-Apr-28
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Landed 1900.
1942-May-05
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0540, landed 1915.
1942-May-11
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1930.
1942-May-28
Pilot
Flight: Extended. Took off 0550 for advance base, Johnston Island.
1942-Jul-08
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Palmyra.
1942-Jul-09
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Canton Island.
1942-Jul-11
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off for Suva, Fiji.
1942-Jul-19
Pilot
Flight: patrol.
1942-Jul-22
Pilot
Flight: patrol.
1942-Jul-26
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off 0310 for Tongatabu to search for Eddie Rickenbacker. Lost an engine; waited days for spare parts.
1942-Aug-01
Pilot
Flight: extended. Took off 1015 for Noumea, New Caledonia. Landed 1720.
1942-Aug-04
Pilot
Flight. Took off 1330, landed 1630. Covered torpedoed U.S. Tanker.
1942-Aug-06
Pilot
Flight: patrol. Took off 1310. Patrolled sector between 308 and 332 degrees. Ran out of gas and landed at 0752 near Indispensible Reef, approximately 80 miles from Graciosa Bay (Ndeni), bearing 245 degrees. Rescued after four days by USS Stack.
1942-Aug-10
Pilot
Crew rescued by USS Stack. Plane sunk by USS Stack gunfire(?) in the vicinity of Indispensible Reef.
Publication
Page
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-01 (USS Curtiss detachment)
2
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-04 (Ile Nou detachment)
5
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-06 (USS McFarland detachment)
7
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-07 (USS McFarland detachment)
8
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-10 (USS McFarland detachment)
11
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-19 (USS Curtiss detachment)
20
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-04
3
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-07
5
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-10
6
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-13
7
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-18
9
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-22
11
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-26
12
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Apr-28
13
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-05
17
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-11
20
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-28, 1942-May-29
26
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-30, 1942-May-31
27
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-08
35
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-09
36
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-10
37
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-11
38
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-19
46
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-22
49
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Jul-26
53
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-Aug-01
60
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Biography