ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29292
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| Date: | Monday 19 January 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk IVa |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A16-145 |
| MSN: | 6074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kabu River, East New Britain -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lae, Papua New Guinea (LAY/AYNZ) |
| Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
Lockheed A-28-LO Hudson Mk.IVA: Delivered 24/09/41 to USAAF as 41-23215. Supplied under US Defence Aid 28/10/41: Received at 1 Aircraft Depot, Toucumwal, NSW ex-USA 22/12/41. Air Tested 03/01/42.
Issued to 24 Sqn RAAF 12/01/42 coded "US-B". Missing (Failed To Return) 19/01/42,on a night-time operational flight between Lae and Rabaul 19/01/42 near Kabu River, Papua New Guinea (at approximate coordinates Latitude: -7.533333, Longitude: 146.166667. All 4 crew posted as MIA, presumed KIA same day:
F/Lt Paul Pryde Paterson Serv#260515,
F/O James Sinclair McIntyre Serv#402995,
Sgt Oliver Frederick George Claxton Serv#400552 and
L/AC James Arthur Wilson Serv#4164
According to one of the relatives of the missing crew (the nephew of F/O James Sinclair McIntyre): "A16-145 was in quite close proximity to the where the Japanese carriers were positioning. The possibility (however remote) therefore is that it encountered the Imperial Japanese Navy First Carrier Division Combat Air Patrol. In light of what I have been able to find out it is most likely that bad weather was the cause of the loss of this aircraft as severe storm activity is a consistent theme in the surviving records.
Mechanical malfunction cannot be ruled out although there is no evidence of this. An outside chance (again, without supporting evidence) is that it was shot down. We will only know for certain when (and if) it is discovered in, most probably, the sea between Lae/Salamaua and Rabaul/Kavieng."
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/
2. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/hudson/A16-145.html
3. http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=14
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20080821114042/http://baaa-acro.com/Pays/P/PNG-1940-1949.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-May-2014 03:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2014 17:14 | Wilbur | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2023 20:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 30-Jun-2023 06:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [[[Operator]]] |
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