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Date: | Monday 24 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-28283 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 mi NE of Idaho Falls, ID -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed; crew bailed out.
Aircraft had engine difficulties, pilot radioed in, tower told him to bail out. Cloudy weather, many witnesses saw plane nose dive, crash, parachute landed safely with pilot a few minutes after. Pilot suffered a broken arm.
Plane crashed in a farm field, Bailey farm, left a crater.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp Original observer, newspaper article in Idaho Falls Post Register, Idaho Falls, ID
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Mar-2013 00:01 |
rltracy |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |