ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280262
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Kawanishi H8K2 (Emily) |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bohol Strait, Cebu Island -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Korkor, Palau |
| Davao, Philippines |
Crash-landed due to a typhoon en-route to Davao. Rear Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Combined Fleet survived along with 11 others, and was later taken prisoner. (Fukudome's boss, Admiral Mineichi Koga died when his Emily crashed at sea in the same typhoon). Details of the Japanese Z plan located and passed on to the Americans.
Sources:
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/fall/Z-plan-1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2022 02:36 | Ron Averes | Added |
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