ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100147
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Date: | Friday 12 February 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-23873 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ladd Fld, AK / 35mi S -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Ladd Fld, AK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed while on a cold weather test, 35 miles south of Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
The personnel killed were:
1LT Clarence E. Hill, O1699480, PA, Pilot
1LT Clayton H. Hayes, O1699512, CA
2LT Michael A. DeFeo, O-662249, MO
TSGT Arthur W. Steckman, 6859133, MN
SSGT Oral V. Campbell, 6566070, NE
CPL James W. Alderman, 14027362, FL
Lee Nelson
All members of the flight were buried in a common grave at Fort Scott National Cemetery,
Fort Scott, Kansas.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=419494 http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=1606&order=field.. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/790572/clarence-e-hill#source Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Oct-2021 12:02 |
Cobar |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jul-2022 13:20 |
Gumby778 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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