ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98426
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Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | 870th BSqn /497th BGp USAAF |
Registration: | 42-6384 |
MSN: | 3518 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 20 miles North of Pratt AAF, Pratt, Kansas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pratt AAF, Kansas |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boeing B-29-15-BW 42-6384: Delivered to the USAAF 6 March 1944. Assigned to the 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group, USAAF at Pratt AAF, Pratt, Kansas.
Written off 26 July 1944 after take-off accident 20 miles north of Pratt AAF, Kansas. No fatalities or injuries reported. Wreckage recovered to - and inspected by - CL-26 at Pratt AAF, Kansas 27 August, 1944: authorised for reclamation as scrap and components
Sources:
1.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=ks&offset=1500 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html 3.
http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/0800/870%20BOMB%20SQ.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jun-2017 22:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Mar-2020 11:11 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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