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Crash Site B-17E Flying Fortress # 41-2435

Cape Ward Hunt

Papua New Guinea Northern Province Cape Ward Hunt

Crash Site B-17E Flying Fortress # 41-2435 #1

B-17E Flying Fortress # 41-2435 was shot down by A6M2 Zeros and crashed in sea on 2 August 1942, killing all nine on board.

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Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: U.S. Air Force
Pacific Wrecks

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-8.063293, 148.140795

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