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On Fri. 05 may 1944 PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber of Marine Squadron VMB-413 i.....

On Fri. 05 may 1944 PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber of Marine Squadron VMB-413 i.....
PBJ-1 Mitchell bomber of Marine Squadron VMB-413 is hit in the port engine by anti-aircraft fire over Tobera, New Britain 5 May 1944. The aircraft crashed a short time later killing all 6 of the crew.This B-17F Fortress, converted to an armed supply aircraft, had a wheel collapse during an emergency landing at Tadji Field, New Guinea and slid into the bomb dump, May 5, 1944Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Brigadier General Frank Merrill, Naubumy, Burma, 5 May 1944

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