IJN
Tainan Kokutai
Pilot PO2/c Yoshimo Sakai
Crashed April 17, 1942
Mission History
Took off from Rabaul on a mission to attack Port
Moresby. On the way
to the over Owen Stanley Mountains, PO2/c Sakai lowered his altitude staggeringly and
fell into the jungle
after
the Zero formation crossed the spine of the Owen Stanley Range,
on the south side of the spine.
References
Thanks to Tatsuo Kamino for this information.
Zero
