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Date: | Friday 1 October 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-40184 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Clift Ridge, near Elk, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | KPIH |
Destination airport: | KSRF |
Narrative:Struck tall Douglas fir tree while at cruise in instrument conditions. Crossed ridge top and crashed in a tributary to the north fork of Elk Creek. All ten aboard killed in crash and post-crash fire.
Pilot: Lt. Elwood Allen
Copilot Lt. Leo Kaminski
Navigator Lt. James Woodruff
Bombardier Lt. Charles Barnhart
The rest of the crew: Sergeants Moses Hall, George Griffiths, Jack Sellers, James Baker, David Gegg, Robert Southern
The tree struck by the No. 3 engine still stands, it has grown a new top.
Sources:
Lifelong familarity with this crash. Friendship with the first two people on the scene. Multiple visits to the crash site including one in 2019. Copies of the accident report. Newspaper clippings.
Images:
Some of the last visible wreckage, September 2009
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Sep-2020 18:53 |
Idly Curious |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
23-Sep-2023 06:38 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo]] |