ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100146
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Date: | Sunday 7 February 1943 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-11793 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Weatherford, TX, 4 mi North -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tarrant Field, Fort Worth, Texas |
Destination airport: | return to same |
Narrative:Crashed. While performing training problems, the № 1 motor was inadvertently shut down while the № 2 motor was feathered and being restarted, resulting in a loss of control by the pilots. With insufficient elevation to recover, a forced crash landing occurred, resulting in the fatalities of two passengers and seriously injuring two more. The aircraft was totally destroyed.
Killed were:
PFC Charles D. Wilkins
PVT Thadas G. Searcy
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=1606&order=field.. Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Anthony J. Mireles
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Jul-2022 05:21 |
Gumby778 |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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