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On June 1, 1945, a dive-bombing training mission was flown in which Lt. Fausto Vega Santander, the youngest pilot in the squadron, was killed on his 18th birthday. A flight of four fighters led by Lt. Carlos Garduno Nunez was making attacks on a target on an island a few miles off the west coast west of Luzon. Lt.Vega was killed when his P-47 inexplicably rolled suddenly to the right and crashed into the sea at high speed, exploding on impact, according to Lt. Moreno, who followed him over the target. His body was never recovered.
Tuvo el triste honor de ser el Primer Militar Mexicano que falleció en el Teatro de Operaciones del Pacífico, el día 1 de junio de 1945, en un accidente aéreo, cuando en una formación de ocho aviones, al mando del Teniente P.A. José Espinosa Fuentes, realizaba una misión de entrenamiento de bombardeo inclinado contra un islote, localizado aproximadamente a una milla y media al sureste de las pequeñas Islas Tabones, situadas frente a la costa occidente de la Isla Luzón, Filipinas. El Servicio de Búsqueda de la Fuerza Aérea Norteamericana, confirmó que el avión P-47 se había hundido en el mar sin que el Piloto apareciera.
Numero De Serie: 42-23228; Tipo: P-47D-15-RA; Codigo del Escuadron201: Desconocido; Prestado por la USAF, descartado el 1ro. de Junio de 1945 a las115 horas cuando choco en el mar al conducir practicas de bombardeo en picada. Tte. Fausto Vega Santander murio en el acto. El lugar del accidente fue reportado a media milla Sur-Oeste de la isla Tabones.
On June 1, 1945, a dive-bombing training mission was flown in which Lt. Fausto Vega Santander, the youngest pilot in the squadron, was killed on his 18th birthday. A flight of four fighters led by Lt. Carlos Garduno Nunez was making attacks on a target on an island a few miles off the west coast west of Luzon. Lt.Vega was killed when his P-47 inexplicably rolled suddenly to the right and crashed into the sea at high speed, exploding on impact, according to Lt. Moreno, who followed him over the target. His body was never recovered.
