ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100332
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1944 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 41-11938 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fort Worth AAF, Fort Worth, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth Army Airfield, Texas |
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Landing accident. Returning from a training flight, a failure of the № 1 engine occurred. Due to a wind speed and directional change, the bomber came in faster and higher than required and the radio tower ordered a go-around. As a left banking turn was being conducted, the aircraft failed to recover from the banking turn and crashed into the ground and cartwheeled, killing all four airmen aboard. Investigators were unable to determine if a second engine failure had occurred, but they also speculated that another B-24 that had crashed a few hours earlier and which wreck was at the end of the runway may have been a visual distraction to the pilots.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Wallace C. Ford, Pilot
1st Lt. Woodrow W. Wilson, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Clea E. Williams, B-24 Student
Sgt. Leonard L. Hanson, Flight Engineer
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Anthony J. Mireles
http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=1606&order=field..
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238000545/clea-e-williams
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2022 16:38 | Gumby778 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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