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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