Bandung – Malang

On February 2, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Bandung – Malang experienced a crash involving Douglas B-18 Bolo, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Surabaya West Java.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While flying along the shore off Surabaya, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese Mitsubishi Zero and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were rescued while all five other occupants were killed. A day later, both survivors died from their injuries. Crew: Lt Glenn Harold Boes, Maj Joseph Adair Burch, Lt Erwin Roy Kriel, Col William Herbert Murphy, Sgt George W. Pickett, Lt Russell Marshall Smith, Maj Austin A. Straubel.

Aircraft reference details include registration 36-338, MSN 1726, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.9130°, 107.6466°.