USAAF
5th AF
380th BG
531st BS
Aerothentic
1999
Silvano
Jung 2003
Pilot 2nd Lt. R. T. Neal (KIA)
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. W. E. Scanlan (KIA)
Navigator 2nd Lt. W. J. Ward (KIA)
Bombadier 2nd Lt. R. W. Walsh (KIA)
Mechanic Sgt. F. Gaballero (KIA)
Radio Sgt. G. Sacre (KIA)
Crashed January 17, 1944
Mission History
Crashed on the Cox Peninsula, west
of Darwin on 17th
January 1944, after a practice bombing mission over Quail Island. All
the crew were killed in the crash.
Memorial Plaque
A memorial plaque at the crash by the Northern Territory Goverment
to commemorate the crash.
B-24
