Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Dec 2, 1942 (4 killed)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on December 2, 1942 near Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea with 4 fatalities.

A B 17E of the 65th Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, crashed into a hill near Moitaka while approaching 7 Mile Drome, Port Moresby, on its third sortie of the day. The aircraft burned on impact.

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