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Find Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo Wreck at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Recent archaeological expeditions to Midway and the surrounding islands have documented a number of sunken shipwreck sites but only three World War II era aircraft have been found to date, including a Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo.
The plane crashed into the lagoon at Midway Atoll while trying to land at Eastern Island in a squall in February of 1942. The pilot of the plane, Lt. Col. Charles W. Somers, Jr., survived and went on to have a distinguished career as an aviator in the United States Marine Corps. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, became one of the first commanders of the famous VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron, and participated in the Korean War before retiring as a Marine Corps Colonel in Pensacola, Florida.
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