ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81331
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 32073 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NAAS Camp Kearney -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
"Crashed into building during takeoff from Camp Kearney. 11 killed."
This is not as I remember it. A large group of us were doing happy hour on the morning of June 6, 1944. There was a low overcast, perhaps above one or two hundred feet. The PB4Y-1 was airborne and flying toward the runway area It came swooping down out of the overcast at a distance of about a half mile or so, and went back out of sight. Then it came in view again, heading straight for the front of the group. It crashed into a building (we were told it was a guard barracks, and that many on the ground were killed), perhaps a couple of hundred feet in front of us. . Parts, including the bow turret came sliding down the apron. I was too scared to run. I just fell to the ground. When the commotion stopped, I looked around and didn't see anyone anywhere near me. I guess they weren't as scared as I was, and they surely took off in a hurry.
Sources:
edkvining@gmail.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Feb-2016 08:28 | Ed | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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