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Need help finding registration

Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:15 am

Dear Members,




Can you help me to find a registration of an airplane a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless,who was crashed during a training mission?
The plane came down near the Pajaro River north Monterey County,CA.
The plane was stationed on a naval air base in the Central Valley and belongs to the VB-18 Squadron.
The both crewmen died also during the crash, the names of the crew where Delbert C.Goodspeed,21, and Robert Henry Paulsen,22.
I hope that I give enough information about the plane and his crew.
So I will thank you very much for your help and support.



With sincerely,
Mr.Abe v.d.Bijl,
The Netherlands.

Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:12 pm

This one right?
http://www.ktvu.com/news/13957800/detail.html

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless wreckage found in a Pajaro farm field in July is that of a Navy dive bomber that crashed on Jan. 14, 1944. The plane's wreckage was unearthed by workers digging a pipeline trench on farmland along Trafton Road near the Pajaro River levee east of Highway 1. Workmen discovered metal fragments, cartridge casings with headstamps dated 1942, a scorched parachute and other items buried 6 feet deep. Further excavation has turned up more plane parts and bone fragments. 1-page accident report by the Navy states that Ens. Delbert Crammer Goodspeed, with Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Robert Henry Paulson aboard, took off at 7 a.m. that day.

http://www.collect.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=8392

Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:23 pm

And from Joe Baugher's website...

SBD-5 (Bu#) 28850 crashed near Watsonville, CA Jan 14, 1944, killing the two crew members. A work crew unearthed the wreckage Jul 11, 2007.
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