ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162591
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| Date: | Sunday 18 April 1943 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: | Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service |
| Registration: | T1-323 |
| MSN: | 2656 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Panguna, Bougainville -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rabaul, New Britain |
| Balalae Island, near Bougainville |
The aircraft was one of two carrying senior Imperial Japanese Navy officers on an inspection tour, and shot down in an ambush by American P-38 Lightning fighter planes along the south coast of Bougainville.
On board one of the two planes was WWII’s most famous Japanese commander and mastermind of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. All on board the Admiral's aircraft were killed when it crashed in the jungle. There were three survivors in the other Betty, which crashed in the sea.
Sources:
1. http://www.papuanewguinea.travel/bouganville
2. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/g4m/2656.html
3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2013 19:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 31-Mar-2014 14:06 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 20:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2018 13:06 | gerard1957 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 05-Jun-2022 03:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Jun-2022 07:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 10-Jul-2022 22:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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