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Date: | Sunday 16 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Lightning |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-104351 |
MSN: | 3185 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Yamai, Madang -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nadzab AB |
Destination airport: | Nadzab AB |
Narrative:Crashed into ocean near Yamai during disastrous Black Sunday bombing mission to Hollandia.
Pilot was rescued.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Sep-2012 10:44 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
27-Jun-2023 10:52 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |
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