06/17/2026
Lone Survivor of WWII B-17 Crash Returned 40 Years Later to Bring His Crew Home
A World War II bomber crashed deep in the Papua New Guinea jungle, killing nine crewmen and leaving only one survivor. Decades later, that survivor returned to the same jungle — not for revenge, not for glory, but to bring his brothers home.
In June 1943, U.S. Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Jose L. Holguin was serving as navigator aboard a B-17E Flying Fortress known as “Naughty But Nice.” The bomber was flying a dangerous combat mission over the Pacific when it was attacked by a Japanese night fighter.
Moments later, the aircraft was falling out of the sky.
The B-17 lost power, spun out of control, and crashed into the dense jungle of New Britain Island, near Papua New Guinea. Nine of the ten men aboard were killed.
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