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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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 |
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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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