ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100899
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Date: | Saturday 12 August 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-95023 |
MSN: | 1788 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Maxwell Farm, Cheshunt -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Norfolk, UK |
Destination airport: | France |
Narrative:The aircraft of the 577 bomb squadron crashed after a technical malfunction of all four engines. All ten crew members died as well as one person on the ground.
Build at Ford-Willow Run: B-24H-25-FO Liberator.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp www.hertmemories.org.uk https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/witness-cheshunt-1944-plane-crash-973785 http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9929 http://www.cheshuntatwar.co.uk/ ________________
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b24_16.html Images:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2017 18:56 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Dec-2017 22:44 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
29-Dec-2017 22:47 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Dec-2017 11:55 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
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