At 0840 on September 15, 1942, Lt. Milliken and his gunner, PFC Arnold Carlson, were flying high above Barber’s Point, Hawii on a training mission. Their turn came to take a practice attack dive on a target off the coast. Their plane, Dauntless SBD-1 1754, winged over correctly, but never pulled out of its dive. Milliken, Carlson, and the plane disappeared in a huge splash of water – although the location was recorded (two miles from Barber’s Point) and the area searched, no trace was ever found.
At 0840 on September 15, 1942, Lt. Milliken and his gunner, PFC Arnold Carlson, were flying high above Barber’s Point, Hawii on a training mission. Their turn came to take a practice attack dive on a target off the coast. Their plane, Dauntless SBD-1 1754, winged over correctly, but never pulled out of its dive. Milliken, Carlson, and the plane disappeared in a huge splash of water – although the location was recorded (two miles from Barber’s Point) and the area searched, no trace was ever found.
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