Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, May 21, 1943 (7 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on May 21, 1943 near Put Put (Lihir Island) East New Britain, Papua New Guinea with 7 fatalities.
- Date: May 21, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Put Put (Lihir Island) East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
A B 17E of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, was intercepted and shot down by a Japanese night fighter over the Put Put plantation on New Britain on 21 May 1943. Seven crew were killed, and four who were captured were executed at Rabaul on 25 November 1943.