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| Date: | Friday 12 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Douglas B-18 Bolo |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 36-306 |
| MSN: | 1694 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 mi S of Bishop, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mitchell Field, New York |
| Hamilton Field, San Fransisco |
Crashed. Last heard from when 2 miles south of Palsmdale, California.
Among those killed was Major General Herbert A Darque (on way to Hawaii).
Plane wreckage found 5 months after crash in Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
- JF Baugher
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19411219&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
St Petersburg Times Florida December 19,1941 p. 11 [list of those missing]
Herbert Darque
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2012 10:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2019 15:04 | Nomann | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2020 17:55 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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