ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101048
Last updated: 22 August 2020
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| Date: | 08-JAN-1944 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-73365 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 43 31'n, 112 37'w, Acro Desert, Idaho -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pocatello Army Air Base |
| Pocatello Army Air Base |
Crashed after loss of control during a training mission.
The entire 7-man crew compliment died in the crash: 2nd Lt. Richard A. Hedges, 25, 2nd Lt. Lonnie L. Keepers, 23, 2nd Lt. Robert W. Madsen, 28, 2nd Lt. Richard R. Pitzner, 23, Sgt. Louis H. Rinke, 19, Sgt. Charles W. Eddy, 22, and Sgt. George H. Pearce Jr., 25.
R.I.P.
The crash site was rediscovered in the year 2014.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/05/ww-iiera-plane-crash-site-rediscovered-idaho
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2014 07:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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