A47-19

On September 15, 1945 at 12:00 AM, A47-19 experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Indonesia All Indonesia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Crashed whilst escorting a Catalina to an area near the southern tip of Borneo. As the Catalina landed and sent a party ashore to talk with the natives, the captain circled the area then left but flew too low and did not pullout of a shallow dive in time . The aircraft struck a coconut tree sending it crashing into the ground. It was only later that the Catalina crew were advised the Mitchell had crashed and proceeded to the area where the Mitchell had gone down and discovered two survivors. One of them died from his injuries few hours later. Crew (2nd Squadron): F/Lt Lawrence A. Kirk, pilot, † F/O L. Bishop, † F/O P. A. Taylor, † W/O C. R. M. Ricketts, † F/Sgt F. J. Stolweather, † Cpl R. O. Byrne, † LAC M. S. White, † F/Sgt Booth. Source: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/

Aircraft reference details include registration A47-19.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.1831°, 106.8354°.