ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101292
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Date: | Tuesday 3 October 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 44-48900 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Off shore, New Point Comfort, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Langley Field |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed on a training mission under unknown circumstances. The plane went into a dive, struck the water and exploded. The crash took the lives of the seven crew members.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://www.dailypress.com/news/gloucester-county/dp-nws-1944-plane-crash-mathews-20141018,0,1101340.story Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Oct-2014 16:17 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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