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| Location Lat 04°13'S, Long 151°27'E Cape Lambert is located at the northwest tip of the Gazelle Peninsula the northern coast of New Britain. Borders Lassul Bay. To the east is Ataliklikun Bay and beyond Rabaul. Prewar and during World War II New Britain was part of the Territory of New Guinea. Today located in East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. A6M2 Model 21 Zero Manufacture Number 31870 Tail 53-122 Ditched January 18, 1945 salvaged August 1972 today Tokyo Science Museum Lassul Bay During the 1920's the German administration placed a reef marker at this location, still present to this day. In a tragic series of events, two PT Boats were caught inside the enemy side of the demarcation line on New Britain and were attacked by friendly aircraft when discovered the next morning. In the end, both PT boats were sunk and 19 killed aboard them. Two aircraft shot down by defensive return fire from the PT Boats. PT-346 Captain Burk sunk by friendly fire April 29, 1944 PT-347 "Zombie" Captain Williams sunk by friendly fire April 29, 1944 FG-1A Corsair 13307 Pilot Cochran shot down April 29, 1944 missing F6F-3 Hellcat 09012 Pilot Knight shot down April 29, 1944 rescued Contribute
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