RAAF
24 Squadron
February 27 1944
Force Landed February 27, 1944
Mission History
This aircraft's engine overheated after a raid on Alexishafen,
forcing it down in a kunai
grass field a few miles from Nadzab. Another aircraft in the squadron
took several photos of the aircraft in the grass, and the crew on the
wing.
Wreckage
A
1962 photo in Pacific Aircraft Wrecks shows the same
plane urnt by grass fires which ignited center fuel tanks,
leaving only the wings, tail and cowl. Reportedly, the remainder of the aircraft was broken up for
scrap metal afterwards.
References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 26
Vengence
