The Ferry Flight to Peleliu
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The Ferry Flight to Peleliu

All twenty-four of VMF-114's Corsairs island-hop from Emirau to the invasion beaches of Peleliu in three legs — arriving low over a field still under its own artillery fire.

3legs
3days
~1,340n. miles
135°E 140°E 145°E 5°N 2.5°N 0° 2.5°S N BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO NEW GUINEA PALAU ISLANDS 1 · <2 hrs 2 · ~4 hrs (longest leg) 3 · ~3.5 hrs EMIRAU depart Sun Sept 24, 0800 PITYILU Admiralty Is. · overnight OWI ISLAND off New Guinea · overnight PELELIU land Tue Sept 26, 1944
Schematic map, not to navigational scale — legs drawn as straight lines rather than true tracks. Tap or hover any marker for details. Drawn from Glenn Daniel's Cowboy Down (pp. 80–81, photographed pages) via Chapter_36_Outline.md, cross-checked against VMF114_Dec1943-Sept1944_Research_Note.md and 01_Hack_Timeline.md.
Ferry route, F4U-1A/FG-1A Corsair
Departure / arrival
Overnight refueling stop

Full itinerary

LegRouteDurationDateDistance
1 Emirau → Pityilu, Admiralty Islands Under 2 hours Sun Sept 24, 1944, 0800 ~160 nm
2 Pityilu → Owi Island, off New Guinea ~4 hours · longest leg Mon Sept 25, 1944, morning ~677 nm
3 Owi Island → Peleliu ~3.5 hours Tue Sept 26, 1944, morning ~503 nm