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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF 30th BS 19th BG |
| Registration: | 41-2505 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | crashed into Mount Obree -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
US Army Air Forces 30th Bombardment Squadron 19th Bombardment Group 5th Air Force Boeing B-17E Fortress 41-2505 out of the 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 25 April 1942 on a combat bombing mission to the target at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. [MACR 15500] The bomber did not return from the mission and was reported as missing. The bomber had crashed into Mount Obree at an altitude of 9,000 feet, which was comfirmed by a sighting from the air in November 1942.
In 1984 to 1986 recovery teams were able to correctly identify the B-17 wreckage as 41-2505 and the B-17 crew was finally found.
Sources:
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2coleman/hotww2hrbiocoleman.html#EJR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2024 16:08 | drayjones | Added |
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