Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Jun 26, 1943 (9 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on June 26, 1943 near Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea with 9 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was shot...
- Date: June 26, 1943
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Rabaul East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft was shot down by a Japanese night fighter.
A 43rd Bomb Group B 17E (41-2430) returning from a night raid on Vunakanau airfield at Rabaul was shot down by a Japanese night fighter and crashed in the Baining Mountains on 26 June 1943. Nine of the ten crew were killed, and navigator Jose L. Holguin survived as a prisoner of war.