QuickCheck: Did an American bomber crash in Rembau during World War Two?


OVER the years, a claim has been floated online that a Boeing B-29 Superfortress – the same type of strategic bomber that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – crashed in Rembau, Negri Sembilan near the end of World War Two.

Did this really happen?

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