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Old 2nd March 2015, 18:58
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Re: b-24 loss off Singapore

The section from the book mentioned in the first post, "The Knights of Bushido" that describes this incident can be read online here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=7P...201945&f=false

The narrative starts about in the middle of the page.
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Re: b-24 loss off Singapore

This link (starting at the 2nd post by Juri_JS) has some actually photos of Mears plane during the mission to Singapore. The photos can also be found on fold3.com in the VPB-111 section (as the photos were taken from the VPB-111 plane). Note that Mear's plane was a single tail Privateer and Heylers plane was actually a "B-24" twin tail. Their route took them around the top of Singapore.

http://www.axis-and-allies-paintwork...topic.php?6884


From these and other photos on fold3.com you can pretty much track the flight by identifying the background. They flew over Malaysia and took photos such that they could see any ships located around Singapore Island. There are a couple of more photos on fold3.com which show the Privateer fairly close up and on fire, another just moments before it crashes as it flies over a ship at about 300 feet altitude. There is a final shot which shows some wreckage and ripples in the water, just an instant after the crash. Heyler's crew had the opinion that no one could have survived the crash as the plane went down very fast at the end, but Heyler did not "circle" or hang around to see what happened as he was under attack by Oscars. Also there was the Japanese ship very close to the crash site. So the mystery is, did the nearby ship actually pick up anyone or not?
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I know this is an older post, but I can shed some light on the questions on VPB-106 Crew 3 being shot down over Singapore, 6/1/1945. My Great Uncle Beauran O’Kane was aboard as the tail gunner, PB4Y-2 BUNO# 59563 pilot HF Mears. My family has been researching this loss for 3 generations. With our research, we have found that all 12 were lost that day. In 2002, were provided first hand accounts, pictures, and military reports by Victor Walters who was aboard VPB-111 Crew 104, pilot Heyler. We currently have a Facebook page for this loss. We have recently have been able to recover the original pictures and after action reports of this flight. If interested https://www.facebook.com/VPB106Crew3/
https://youtu.be/PCmxVBWu_Io

Goodloe VPB-106 crew 2, went missing June 14th, 1945 near Singapore. But I do not know much about this loss. https://www.facebook.com/VPB106Crew3...743178/?type=3

I have the answers to this mystery if anyone is still interested.
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