Date & Time:
Jul 17, 1943 at 0347 LT
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
31952
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Carney Field - Carney Field
MSN:
879
YOM:
1942
Country:
Solomon Islands
Region:
Oceania
Crew on board:
12
Crew fatalities:
12
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
12
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Carney Field at 0128LT on an operation to Kahilli Airfield on southern Bougainville. It was later shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea off Solomon Islands, maybe off Shortland Islands. The wreckage and the crew were never recovered. Lost without trace.
Crew (VB-102):
Lt(jg) John B. Haskett, pilot,
Lt(jg) Kenneth R. Johnson, copilot,
Lt Donald H. Shiley, observer,
Ens Duane L. Beaman,
Amm2c Clarence C. Dodson,
Amm2c John H. Harr,
Amm2c Alvin P. Harrow,
Amm2c Merle W. Hinshaw,
Aom3c Henry F. Lohmeier,
Arm2c Lloyd R. Morgan,
Arm2c Eric B. Bolling,
Am2c Norman M. Ostroff.
Crew (VB-102):
Lt(jg) John B. Haskett, pilot,
Lt(jg) Kenneth R. Johnson, copilot,
Lt Donald H. Shiley, observer,
Ens Duane L. Beaman,
Amm2c Clarence C. Dodson,
Amm2c John H. Harr,
Amm2c Alvin P. Harrow,
Amm2c Merle W. Hinshaw,
Aom3c Henry F. Lohmeier,
Arm2c Lloyd R. Morgan,
Arm2c Eric B. Bolling,
Am2c Norman M. Ostroff.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.
