VMB-413 PBJ shot down over Rabaul. With its port engine hanging following an anti-aircraft hit, the PBJ of First Lieutenant Glenn W. Smith (BuNo 35143) goes down over Tobera airfield near Rabaul on May 5, 1944. The aircraft crashed a short time later killing all six of the crew : - 1st Lt. Glenn W Smith, - 1st Lt Ralph M. Jones, - Cpl Michael F Mazepa, - Sgt John S Little, - Sgt. George D Herbst Jr, - Cpl. Farris R. Gillen.