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Aircraft Wrecks in the
Mountains and Deserts of the American West
FG-1A
5/4/44
Corsair crash site video
Captain Vermillion flew the F4F and SBD in the
Pacific Theatre during WWII. He was assigned to El Toro MCAS in 1944 where
he flew as a lead instructor pilot in combat tactics training. On 5/4/44 he
crashed to his death in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains while
flying a Goodyear FG-1A
Bu No 13712.

Captain
Calvin K. Vermillion USMC on the left stands next to his brother 2nd
Lt. Ken Vermillion USMC.
(Photo courtesy Ken Vermillion)
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