Crash of a Mitsubishi G4M off Vangunu Island
Date & Time:
Jan 23, 1943 at 2305 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kavieng - Kavieng
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Kavieng Airfield on an operation to Guadalcanal. In the late evening, while returning to base, the crew got lost and ditched the airplane off Vangunu Island. The airplane was lost and all seven crew members survived and were airlifted four days later.
