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Date: | Wednesday 4 February 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas B-18A Bolo |
Owner/operator: | 36th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 39-26 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wolf Mountain, OR -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | AAF McClellan Field CA |
Destination airport: | AAF Pendleton Field OR |
Narrative:Flew into Wolf Mountain a half mile from the Wolf Mountain Lookout in a snowstorm while returning to its home base in Alaska. Wreckage not discovered until 13 August 1942.
Crew:
2/LT Richard J Heiderstadt O-417958 (pilot)
2/LT Walter V McShane O-421271 (co-pilot)
TSG Michael R Bittner 1096450 (engineer)
SSG Donald R Kirtland 624 31 53 (radio operator)
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PzxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4000%2C2739688
http://books.google.com/books?id=B2epoTDPffgC&lpg=PT144&ots=NkBkLdCyQU&dq=Richard%20J.%20Heiderstadt&pg=PT144#v=onepage&q=Richard%20J.%20Heiderstadt&f=false
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Aug-2011 00:02 |
Airintel |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
23-Jan-2012 03:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
22-Feb-2012 01:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
17-Jul-2012 13:04 |
jwoods05 |
Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
27-Jan-2021 20:12 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |