ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73465
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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G-10-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces |
| Registration: | 42-31296 |
| MSN: | 6410 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Kingman, Arizona -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kingman AAF, AZ |
| Kingman AAF, AZ |
The B-17 was involved in a mid-air collision with Bell P-39Q Airacobra 44-2378 during an aerial gunnery training exercise at 12,000 feet near Kingman.
The P-39 pilot was making a simulated attack on the lead aircraft in a B-17 formation and struck the left outer wing of 42-31296 flying on the RH side of the group.
42-31296 lost 15 feet of her wing and spun inverted to the desert below. No one on board was able to escape.
The P-39 also crashed, killing its pilot.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120513041918/http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/P-39%20B-17%20midair.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2010 00:57 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 06:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 16:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 04-Dec-2014 02:31 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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