Crash of a North American B-25D-5 Mitchell off Wangat Island: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 4, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
41-30118
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
87-8283
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Wangat Island. A crew was killed and four others became PoW. They were executed on August 31.
Crew:
T/Sgt Hugh W. Anderson,
Cpt Robert L. Herry,
1st Lt Robert J. Koscelnak,
1st Lt Louis J. Ritacco,
S/Sgt Raymond J. Zimmerman. †
Crew:
T/Sgt Hugh W. Anderson,
Cpt Robert L. Herry,
1st Lt Robert J. Koscelnak,
1st Lt Louis J. Ritacco,
S/Sgt Raymond J. Zimmerman. †
