[oldplayer]

Pilot, or passenger of this A-20? No mention of enemy action.

[xxqqzz]

He was the pilot. Apparently crashed due to mechanical failure, not in combat. Both engines failed for unknown reasons. He disappeared in the ocean, and it is actually likely he was eaten by sharks, but not by cannibals.

[BlueLancer]

On May 14, 1944, an A-20 havoc (serial number 42-86768), with a crew of three and one passenger, departed Momote Airfield, Los Negros Island, for a courier flight to Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea. For unknown reasons, this plane was forced to ditch in the ocean off the north coast of New Guinea. Both engines failed at low altitude, and the aircraft's nose hit the water hard. Three men failed to emerge from the sinking wreck and were lost in the crash. One crew member survived and was rescued by a passing barge. An aerial search the next day found no trace of the missing aircraft or the lost crew members.

Second Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Pennsylvania and served in Headquarters, Fifth Air Force. He was the passenger on this Havoc when it was lost.

[vaskypilot]

The article states Ambrose was a passenger.

[Slingwing]

Passenger according to the DPAA report. One thing for certain is you can always rely on SloJoe to be lying when his lips are moving. For all we know Finnegan might have been the mess officer. Not all officers in aviation units are pilots.