RAAF
30 Squadron
Pilot F/Lt Alexander Roy MacPherson, 402529 (Gundagai, NSW)
Crew F/Sgt Norman Robert Stanton, 435250 (Ayr, QLD)
Crashed December 6, 1944
Mission History
While on a water craft sweep in the Celebes, the aircraft was seen to dive
sharply to attack motor transport on a coastal road near Cape Binta. The
aircraft overshot the target and crashed into a hill directly behind the
road and blazed fiercly. No sign of survivors by crew of accompanying
aicraft.
Wreckage
The site was visited by RAAF Searcher Party and identified as A19-202. Remains of both crew members were recovered, yet individual identification was impossible.
Memorials
Both were initially buried at Morotai before being reinterred at the Ambon War Cemetery.
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