NEIAF
18 Squadron

Pilot  1/Lt L Bal, NEIAF
Co-Pilot  Sgt F A Hoogeveld, NEIAF 93750
Fire Control Officer  1/Lt P Kruijne, NEIAF
Bombardier  Ens A B Andela
Radio  Sgt C Van Ginnel, NEIAF 92376
W/AG  Sgt Reginald Peter Leehy, RAAF 412067 (MIA)
MIA  May 21, 1943

Aircraft History
USAAF Serial Number 42-32484. NEIAF Serial Number N5-147.

Mission History
The lead aircraft of a group of three which departed Darwin for an
attack on Saumlaki, Jamdena Island.

Hit in the starboard engine by anti-aircraft fire while at approximately 8,500' causing it to catch fire and crash into deep water approximately 1.5 miles south west of the wreck off the western shore of Saumlaki Bay.

One of the crew was seen to leave the aircraft and descend into the
water about 1 mile west south west of the crash. Japanese broadcast claimed the commander of this aircraft had been taken
prisoner. Post-war interrogations suggest that the two Dutch Lieutenants from this aircraft may have been captured.

Memorials
Sgt Leehy is listed on the Northern Territory Memorial as having "No Known Grave".

References
National Archives of Australia

B-25

MIA