A16-230

On March 27, 1944 at 12:00 AM, A16-230 experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Pulau Luang Maluku.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The twin engine aircraft left Hughes Airfield for a reconnaissance mission of the islands in the Banda Sea. While approaching the Pulan Luang Island, the aircraft was shot down and crashed into the sea. While the aircraft sunk and was lost, all five crew members were take prisoners by the Japanese. One of them was killed by the attack of a Japanese barge while all four occupants were executed on August 16, 1944. Crew: S/L John Leonard Scott, F/Sgt Robert Ian Maxwell King, F/Sgt Bruce Erskdale Wallace, F/Sgt Keith Charles Wright, P/O Donald Cosmo Beddoe.

Aircraft reference details include registration A16-230, MSN 6491.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -8.1772°, 128.7013°.