ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 107062
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-5B Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 7th PRGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-67378 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honiton |
| RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire |
On 19 January 1944 two pilots of 22nd PRS, 7th PRG were killed due to bad weather during ferry flights from Honiton airfield to their base of Mount Farm, Oxfordshire. It is not known if they flew together or not.
1st Lt. Wendel Blickensderfer was killed when his F-5B 42-67378 crashed in bad weather into a depot and/or a signal box at West Wycombe Station. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, England, Plot D, Row 3, Grave 93.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/blickensderfer-wendell.html
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1944O.htm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24623852@N02/3186130710
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wycombe_railway_station
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.643000&lon=-0.790300&z=15
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2016 10:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2020 19:34 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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