Lae - Lae

On April 16, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Lae - Lae experienced a crash involving Douglas A-20 Havoc, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Papua New Guinea All Papua New Guinea.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Ditched into the sea off PNG. A crew member was rescued while both other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 43-9488.