ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 106223
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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 1942 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19A |
| Owner/operator: | Air Corps Ferrying Command USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-20362 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 9 miles west of Maxwell Field, Alabama -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
On 24 January 1942 2nd Lt John J. Daunt, Jr., was one of the pilots of a formation of the Air Corps Ferrying Command flying west of Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. He was flying the PT-19A 41-20370. At 1000 hrs, nine miles west of Maxwell Field, another PT-19A, which was part of another formation, came close, made a right turn and collided with the aircraft of Lt Daunt, who parachuted to safety.
The other pilot was civilian ferry pilot Blake W. Docker, who plummeted to his death in an unsuccessful parachute jump from PT-19A 41-20362. Investigators speculated that Mr. Docker had become separated from his formation and in his efforts to locate his formation collided with Lt. Daun.
Sources:
"Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945. Volume 1, January 1941-June 1943", by Anthony J. Mireles. ISBN 0-7864-2788-4
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1942.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transport_Command
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Air_Force_Base
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=32.379167&lon=-86.362500&z=12&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2017 16:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 18:02 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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