Crash Site B-17F-1-BO "Ka Puhio Wela / Double Trouble" 41-24356

B-17F-1-BO "Ka Puhio Wela / Double Trouble" # 41-24356 crashed into sea on 3 March 1943, during the Battle of Bismarck Sea. The entire crew of ten was killed. Seven of them managed to bail out, but one of them fell out of his parachute harness and fell to his death. The other six were killed by A6M Zero's.

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Source

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