The following piece of wreckage from an F6F-5 Hellcat was located at a crash site on Yap Island. Can someone help identify this piece of wreckage? It looks be made of stainless steal and was very heavy (25 pounds). Please see the following pictures.
Additional pictures from this crash site can be located at:
http://www.missingaircrew.com/trip/american1/
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
-Pat
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Patrick T. Ranfranz
Missing Air Crew Project & 307th Bomb Group Historian
www.MissingAirCrew.com &
www.307bg.org
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MACR #10023. My uncle, John R. McCullough, 307th Bomb Group, was shot down near Yap Island and declared MIA/KIA on 25 June 44