ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100662
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| Date: | Monday 15 November 1943 |
| Time: | 13:17 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 445th BGp /703nd BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-7617 |
| MSN: | 641 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Caribbean Sea 101 mi south of St Croix -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | APO 845 |
| Waller Field |
Missing in service. 703rd Bomb Sqn, 445th Bomb Grp, 8th AF. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from the U.S. to England. It crashed in sea 101 miles south of St Croix. Another B-24 spotted a dye marker & wreckage at 12:55Z and circled for an hour. Life rafts, parachutes, and oxygen bottles were spotted but no signs of life. Subsequent surface vessel searches found no survivors. It was believed the aircraft had a fuel transfer problem.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
MACR 1091
445th Bomb Group Website
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2019 18:26 | ualdc8 | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2019 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 19:50 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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