ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101344
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-95559 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20M S Casper, WY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming |
| return to same |
Crashed. B-24J Liberator #42-95559, with the 211th Base Unit at Casper Army Airfield, Wyoming, flew into terrain, twenty miles south of the air base. Returning from a nighttime navigational training flight that took the crew to Grand Island and Ainsworth, Nebraska then a return to base. The airplane skid across terrain then flew over a wide revine then impacted the far embankment.
All six aboard were killed:
2nd Lt. Robert E. Murchison, O2057375, IL, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold B. Paulk, O2057388, GA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Reede L. Bludworth, O2074432, MI, Navigator
2nd Lt. Reuben J. Clark, O-787023, GA, Bombardier
Cpl. Robert S. Hilliard, 35610074, OH, Radio Operator
Cpl. Eugene J. Opala, 42021931, NY, 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/140891157/robert-s-hilliard
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2022 07:46 | Gumby778 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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