ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34530
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| Date: | Monday 17 December 1945 |
| Time: | 12:35 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38L Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 318th Wg /444th BU USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-24492 |
| MSN: | 422-5496 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langford Lake, 25 miles NNE Daggett AAF, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Daggett AAF, CA |
| Daggett AAF |
1st Lieutenant Kenneth R. Frost, an instructor, was leading a flight of four P-38 Lightnings in a rocket firing exercise on the Langford Lake Rocket Range.
He made a dummy run at the target on the dry lake bed and was warned by radio from the ground that his pull out from the dive was too low.
He made a second run, and on the pull out his aircraft stalled at high speed. Its left wing tip struck the desert causing the P-38 to cartwheel and disintegrate in flames.
1st Lieutenant Frost died in the crash.
R.I.P.
Sources:
www.aviationarcheology.com/P38tdy.htm
- JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 06:25 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 03:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2012 16:51 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2013 12:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Dec-2013 22:05 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 17:03 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 19:52 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Jan-2022 07:50 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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