Consolidated B-24 Liberator crash, Apr 6, 1945 (9 killed)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator accident on April 6, 1945 near Sawoe Sea, Indonesia with 9 fatalities.

Liberator A72-77 of 24 Squadron RAAF was shot down by a Japanese fighter over the Sawoe Sea off Timor on 6 April 1945 while on a bombing sortie, and it crashed into the sea. A Catalina sent to recover survivors was set on fire after landing, and its crew and the Liberator survivors had to abandon it.

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