A72-196

On July 5, 1945 at 12:00 AM, A72-196 experienced a crash involving Consolidated B-24 Liberator, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Balikpapan East Kalimantan.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 12, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While approaching Balikpapan, the four engine aircraft was shot down by Japanese antiaircraft fire (probably from a Japanese Navy ship parked in the Balikpapan harbor) and crashed in an isolated area. The wreckage was found several hours later and all 12 occupants have been killed. Crew (24th Squadron): S/Ldr John Robert Walter Redman, F/Lt Victor Skinnerrex, W/O Harold Allan Gooding, F/Sgt Leslie Rogers, F/Sgt James Ogilvie Ross Vickers, P/O Martin Allan Burrows, F/Sgt Ronald Michael Cornelius, F/Sgt Frederick Leslie Rollings, F/Sgt Patrick Fraser Stanley, F/Sgt Roy Tapper, F/Sgt Harold Shadforth 1.

Aircraft reference details include registration A72-196.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.2719°, 116.8062°.