ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 97719
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-29570* |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cazes Apt, Casablanca -
 Morocco
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Take off accident.
B-17F, 42-29570, BIG TIME OPERATOR II
Delivered: Denver 5/1/43; Gt Falls 31/1/43
Denver 2/2/43
Salina 11/2/43
To Marrakesh, via ATC 14/3/43;
Assigned: 360BS/303BG [PU-D] Molesworth 21/3/43
Transferred: BAD 1 Burtonwood 22/5/43
532BS/381BG [VE-D] Ridgewell 7/9/43 {6+months}
Returned to US: 26/4/44 via Cazes AB, Casablanca, Mor. 2/5/44, however pilot Lt Moore lost both left engines, aircraft ground looped and hit a parked PBY Catalina
Salvaged. 5/5/44.
Sources:
http://www.8thafhs.com/get_one_acgroup.php?acgroup_id=25
B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2014 08:54 | TheFasterGun | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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