Lockheed PV-1 Ventura crash, Aug 8, 1944 (4 killed), Male...
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura accident on August 8, 1944 near Malekula Island, Vanuatu with 4 fatalities.
- Date: August 8, 1944
- Aircraft: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
- Location: Malekula Island, Vanuatu
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Lockheed PV 1 Ventura (NZ4570) failed to return from a maritime patrol from Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 8 August 1944. The wreckage and four dead crew were found six weeks later on a mountain slope on Malekula Island.