Crash of a Martin B-26 Marauder off Buna: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 13, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
40-1492
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1492
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while attacking a convoy off Buna. The pilot was able to leave the area and attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in shallow water off Cape Nelson, near Buna. A crew member, 2nd Lt Duncan S. Hughes, was killed while all six other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
