Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Sep 24, 1942 (8 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on September 24, 1942 near Duma Point Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea with 8 fatalities. Cause: All four engines...
- Date: September 24, 1942
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Duma Point Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: All four engines stopped because of fuel exhaustion.
The USAAF B 17 41-2440 ditched off Duma Point in Milne Bay after all four engines stopped from fuel exhaustion. The occupants left the sinking aircraft but were captured by Japanese soldiers and executed.