World War II B-24 Liberator
The Liberator left from Ward’s Field, Port Moresby, for the Nadzab Air Base, near Lae on the Pacific island’s east coast, at about 2:40 P.M. on March 22, 1944.
It was on a courier flight and packed with 19 soldiers – pilots, bombers, and medics. News came into headquarters that it had been shot down.