USAAF
5th AF
38th BG
822nd BS
Colin Jermy 1979
Pilot 1st Lt Ralph E Freek, O-731963 (MIA / KIA)
Crew 2nd Lt Kenneth B Lawton, O-738191 (MIA / KIA)
Crew 1st Lt James E Miller, O-662354 (MIA / KIA)
Crew S/Sgt Harold D Sample, 18069891 (MIA / KIA)
Crew Sgt Roy E Johnson, 37188079 (MIA / KIA)
Crew S/Sgt Anthony De Leo, 12089012 (MIA / KIA)
Crashed January 16, 1944
MACR 1698
Aircraft History
Engines: R-2600-13 Serial Numbers: 42-271445 and 43-36322
Mission History
Aircraft was last sighted at 1030/L near Uligan Harbor. Crashed on land near Aber Village at Uligan Harbor.
Wreckage
Aircraft located in 1946 by RAAF team. Three crew members were buried in Aber cemetery not long after the crash by villagers. Remains of three others located in the remains of the aircraft.
Colin Jermy recalls from 1979:
"Remains of crashed American B-25 on the recently
burnt forest floor at Ulingen. It was quite near the coast in a plantation,
but I cannot recall if it was north or south of the village. My brother
definitely knew what flight it was, because he commented that the navigational
instrument seen in the photo of assorted bits, was still set to their
course. We collected together all the bits together for the second photo.
I also found a Japanese water bottle with a bullet hole through it.
My brother knows what flight it was that went down at this point."
B-25
MIA
5.01
145.40
