KIA INCIDENT: 19510424 VMO-6 (FW) USMC RESERVE INCIDENT/ACCIDENTS

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19510424VMO-6 (FW) USMC RESERVE INCIDENT/ACCIDENTS

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Incident Date 19510424 VMO-6 (FW) OY-2 Grasshopper BuNo 03939 - Mid-air with F4U-4 Corsair on Artillery Spotting Mission

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Good III, Roscoe Fletcher Capt. AO VMO-6 (FW) HQBtty/11thMAR/1stMARDIV 1951-04-24
Monteith, Robert J. TSgt Pilot VMO-6 (FW) 1stMarDiv(reinf)/10thArmyCorps 1951-04-24

ROSCOE FLETCHER GOOD JR :
HQ BTRY 11 MAR RGT 1 MAR DIV :
MARINES :
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) :
DATE OF LOSS APRIL 24, 1951 :
1LT - O2 :
032361 : MOS ----- :
VAN NUYS, CA :
UNKNOWN LOCATION :
BORN APRIL 1, 1922 :
CAUCASIAN :
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 11016 :
DATE OF FINAL STATUS: (APRIL 24, 1951) :
Body recovered 29 Aug 1951
ROBERT JAMES MONTEITH :
6 VMO SQDN 1 MAW :
MARINES :
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA) :
DATE OF LOSS: APRIL 24, 1951 :
GSGT - E7 :
608857 :
MOS ----- :
BROOKLYN, NY :
UNKNOWN LOCATION :
JULY 25, 1921 :
CAUCASIAN :
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO 20768 :
DATE OF FINAL STATUS (APRIL 24, 1951) :
Body recovered 29 Aug 1951

Korean War Records

While in a Stinson OY-2 (Bureau Number 03929) on 24 April 1951, CAPT Roscoe F. GOOD, JR., USMC; and TSGT Robert J. MONTEITH, USMC, were involved in a mid-air collision with an F4U-4 while on artillery spotting mission. Search & Rescue (SAR) effort negative; remains recovered of both crew.

Submitted by: LCDR Douglas Campbell, USNR (ret.), Researcher, 20131023