A16-195

On July 9, 1943 at 12:00 AM, A16-195 experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Mt Kekneno East Nusa Tenggara.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was involved in a bombing mission to Penfoei with a crew of five. En route, while cruising jointly with three other similar aircrafts, crew was informed that weather was deteriorating at destination. As all three other aircraft's crew decided to return to their departure point, captain of A16-195 decided to continue. Few minutes later, while cruising in low visibility due to poor weather conditions, aircraft hit mount Kekneno located some 100 km northeast of Kupang and was destroyed on impact. Debris were found some days later and all five crew were killed. Crew (2nd Squadron): S/L C. C. Williams, pilot, F/O R. C. Lindsay, air gunner, F/O W. A. Hepworth, wireless operator and air gunner, F/Lt A. M. Fowler, navigator, F/Sgt D. C. Farmer.

Aircraft reference details include registration A16-195, MSN 414-6459, year of manufacture 1942.