CRASH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT
BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA
ON 4 JULY 1943

On 4 July 1943, an unidentified aircraft from the 8th Bomb Squadron of the 3rd Bomb Group, based in Charters Towers, was lost in bad weather somewhere between Cairn, Australia and New Guinea. It apparently had a payload of 3,000 lbs and 19 men on board.

Three members of the crew were as follows:-

Captain Richard G. Ruby (#0-431527)
Captain Ralph C. Payne (#0-431501)
S/Sgt Robert W. Stockwell

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank John Jewell for his assistance with this web page.

Can anyone confirm crew's names, location of crash, and aircraft type?

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This page first produced 1 June 2003

This page last updated 02 February 2020