 On 5 September 1942 , Japanese Field Marshal Prince Maida ( 前田利为 ) boarded a plane from Kuching to Labuan to officiate an airport that bears his name . However , he never arrived . One month later , the plane was found to have crashed off the coast of Tanjung Datu , Bintulu . The cause of the plane crash was not known . The Japanese later set up a wooden pole memorial made up of Belian wood in Bintulu . The wooden pole was later taken back to Japan by the family of Prince Maida . 
 On 5 September 1942 , Japanese Field Marshal Prince Maida ( 前田利为 ) boarded a plane from Kuching to Labuan to officiate an airport <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>bears</mark></a> his name . However , he never arrived . One month later , the plane was found to <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> crashed off the coast of Tanjung Datu , Bintulu . The cause of the plane crash was not known . The Japanese later set up a wooden pole memorial made up of Belian wood in Bintulu . The wooden pole was later taken back to Japan by the family of Prince Maida . 
On 5 September 1942 , Japanese Field Marshal Prince Maida ( 前田利为 ) boarded a plane from Kuching to Labuan to officiate an airport bear his name . However , he never arrived . One month later , da plane was found to done crashed off tdacoast of Tanjung Datu , Bintulu . The cuz of the plane crash was not known . The Japanese later set up a wooden pole memorial made up of Belian wood in Bintulu . Thdaooden pole was later taken bck to Japan by the fam of Prince Maida .