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Aircraft History Built by Kawasaki during May 1943. True serial number 490. Delivered to the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) as Kawasaki Type 99 Light Bomber Kyu Kyu Sohkei / Ki-48-II (Lily) manufacture number 1490. Wartime History Assigned to an unknown Hiko Sentai (Flying Regiment) in New Guinea. Likely, assigned to the 208th Hiko Sentai (208 Flying Regiment). No known markings or tail number. When lost, engine serial number 10447 and 10422. Mission History During late 1943, Lily force landed with flaps down and wheels up in a clearing near Rua in the Sialum area. During the crash landing, the tail broke off and landed in the nearby forest, one of the crew sustained serious injuries. Two of the crew survived and brought their wounded comrade under the wing where the crew member died. The precise date of the force landing is unknown. Possibly, this bomber was assigned to the 208th Hiko Sentai (208 Flying Regiment) and force landed in late October 1943. Potentially, this Lily force landed on October 27, 1943 when P-39N Airacobras from 40th Fighter Squadron (40th FS) claimed several Lilys shot down, probables and damaged in the vicinity. Wreckage This Lily force landed wheels up near Rua in the Sialum area. On January 9, 1944 a team from U.S. intelligence visited the crash site and noted manufacture number 1490 and engine serial numbers 10447 and 10422. They estimated the bomber was built in June 1943, but was likely a month earlier. On January 9, 1944 a team from U.S. intelligence visited the crash site and recorded the bomber's manufacture number as 1490. In the 1960s, the remains of the crew were recovered but locals regard the wreck as haunted. In the late 1970s bone fragments remained under the wing. Jim Jobe recalls visiting the site: "When I visited the site Easter 1977 there were still bones present including at least one rib belonging to co-pilot (according to guide). Ammunition was also still present in ammunition drums." References Type 99 Light Bomber / Ki-48 Lily Production Figures by Jim Long SWPA Technical References to Inspected Enemy Airplanes, 27 September 1943 does not mention this Lily Allied Air Forces SWPA Intel. Sum. 6 October 1943 does not menton this Lily Japanese Aircraft Makers' Plates Report No. 68, 20 March 1945 does not mention this Lily Maker's Plate Memorandum No. 32 mentions Lily 1490 "Lily Mk2 [Ki-48-II] serial number 1490, [Estimated] Date of Assembly June 43, Date of Crash: October 43 Location: Rua, N.G." Crashed Enemy Aircraft Report No. 17, Part II "10. Type 99 Twin engine bomber Lily Mark 2. Assumed to have been assembled by Kawasaki. Crashed at Rua, New Guinea in October or November 1943. Serial Number 1490. Assembly is estimated as June 1943, from dated name plates available. The engines were reported as numbered 10447 and 10422." ATIS Report 648 mentions Lily 1490 Thanks to Jim Jobe, Michael Claringbould and Richard Dunn for additional information Contribute
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