ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 107557
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| Date: | Sunday 15 March 1942 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38E Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | 50th PSqn /14th PGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-2059 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Redwood City Slough, Redwood City, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oakland Municipal Airport |
In the morning of 15 March 1942, 50th PS, 14th PG prepared six P-38s for a routine coastal patrol mission but only four actually took off from their base, Oakland Municipal Airport. At 0730 hrs, one of them, the P-38E 41-2059, crashed into Redwood City Slough, Redwood City, California, killing its pilot, 2nd Lt Mario Lawrence Biava. A civilian witness, George R Fleming, later stated, "I saw the plane dive and then level off. He tried to bank the ship but went into a dive from which he crashed into the ground. He was approximately at 1,000 feet when I first saw him. The engines were both running when I saw him. The plane seemed to crash with both engines running full."
Sources:
"Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945. Volume 1, January 1941-June 1943", by Anthony J. Mireles. ISBN 0-7864-2788-4, page 60
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Mar1942.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/114198616/mario-lawrence-biava
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_City,_California
http://www.maplandia.com/united-states/california/san-mateo-county/redwood-city/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2021 07:04 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2021 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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