Papua New Guinea

While overflying the Huon Gulf, the twin engine aircraft christened 'The Virginian' was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea, some 30 miles off Salamaua. All eight occupants were killed.

En route from Port Moresby, the airplane suffered an engine failure in flight. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed on Yule Island. Both crew members were uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the Huon Gulf off Lae. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Raymond A. Arendell,
S/Sgt Russell R. Bradley,
1st Lt Spears Randall Lanford,
Sgt D. A. Martin Jr.,
2nd Lt Gerald W. McClune,
2nd Lt John T. Moore,
Pvt Anthony J. Petitti.

The airplane was engaged in an operation over Montague Harbour. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea few km offshore. A crew member was rescued while five others were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Joseph C. Dukes,
2nd Lt Arthur C. King,
2nd Lt Harold L. Massie,
S/Sgt Jack B. Swan,
Sgt Stanley A. Wolenski.

While bombing Rabaul, the aircraft was hit by enemy. The crew was able to return to Port Moresby Airport but and touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. While the aircraft was wrecked, all eight crew members were unhurt.

The crew was returning to Port Moresby following a bombing mission over Rabaul. On approach to Port Moresby Airport, the aircraft was shot down by three Japanese Mitsubishi Zero. The twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed few hundred metres short of runway. The tail gunner, Pvt Alvin Troyer, was killed, three other crew members were seriously injured and four others uninjured.

The twin engine airplane was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea off Deboyne Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Samuel T. Cleveland,
1st Lt Thomas C. Domville,
Sgt John W. Evans,
1st Lt Herman E. Knauer,
S/Sgt Frank Ostroff,
Cpt Richard Royster Royall Jr.,
Cpl Stanley A. Zajewski.

While performing a maritime patrol flight off PNG, the seaplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea off Misima Island. All nine crew members were killed.
Crew (11th Squadron):
S/L Godfrey Ellard Hemsworth, pilot,
Sgt Jack Ronald Counter, pilot,
P/O Leopold Guy McClintock, observer,
Sgt John Percy William Bandy, wireless operator,
LAC Norman Robert Banvill, mechanic,
Cpl Colin Marsden, flight engineer,
LAC Kenneth John Arnott, flight engineer,
LAC Eric Dorman, rigger,
LAC Erwin Bruce Brown, armourer.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol mission between Tulagi and Shortland. En route, the seaplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea. All nine occupants were rescued and became PoW. On November 4, 1942, all of them were executed.
Crew:
F/O Allan Leslie Norman, pilot,
F/O Frederick Arthur Donald Diercks, copilot,
P/O Francis O’Connell Anderson, navigator,
Cpl Alfred Harry Lanagan, flight engineer,
Cpl Alfred Roland Hocking, flight engineer,
LAC William Murdoch Parker, radio operator,
LAC Vernon Holloway Hardwick, assistant to radio operator,
LAC John Joseph Burns, rigger,
LAC Ernest John McDonald, armour.

While on a flight from Rabaul to New Guinea, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted to make an emergency landing on an Island located in the Trobriand archipelago. On touchdown, the aircraft went out of control, overturned and came to rest upside down. Two crew members were killed while all five other occupants were injured.