USAAF
5th AF
43rd BG
403rd BS
Justin Taylan 2003
Pilot Lt. Robert Kennedy
Crashed May 4, 1944
Aircraft History
Delivered August 1, 1942, and assigned to the 403rd BS. '167' was painted on the side of the cockpit, behind the co-pilot's
window.
Wartime History
Dropping supplies over Hollandia and ran short of fuel and crash landed at Tadji.
after the right wheel collapsed. Damaged beyond repair and stripped for parts and partially
disassembled and later abandoned at the strip.
Wreckage
Wing center section displayed at the village at Tadji in a former American
bone yard. Reportedly, (part?) of the fuselage section is in a swamp
nearby.
References
Pride of Seattle page 14, 17
B-17
