Martin B-26 Marauder crash, Jan 7, 1943 (4 killed), Salam...
Martin B-26 Marauder accident on January 7, 1943 near Salamaua Morobe, Papua New Guinea with 4 fatalities. Cause: Anti aircraft fire from the convoy...
- Date: January 7, 1943
- Aircraft: Martin B-26 Marauder
- Location: Salamaua Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Anti aircraft fire from the convoy hit the aircraft over the target, knocking out its hydraulics and left engine before it ditched.
A Martin B 26 Marauder of the 22nd Bomb Group, named Yeah, attacked a Japanese convoy off Lae on 7 January 1943. Anti aircraft fire damaged its hydraulics and left engine, and the aircraft ditched on the New Guinea coast about 40 miles south of Salamaua. Four of the seven crew died and three survived.