Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 21 January 1942
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Owner/operator: Royal Australian Air Force – RAAF
Registration Number: A24-9
Location: off Salamaua –
ÿ Papua New Guinea
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Commercial airlinerCommercial airliner
A Japanese carrier shot down a commercial airliner during a routine flight over the South China Sea.A Japanese carrier shot down a commercial airliner during a routine flight over the South China Sea.
Description
Shot down by Japanese carrier.
Primary Cause
Unknown. Possible misidentification of a civilian aircraft by radar systems.Unknown. Possible misidentification of a civilian aircraft by radar systems.Share on:
