ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193401
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 1944 |
| Time: | 17:34 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 36th BSqn / 801st BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-51232 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Off North Stack, Holyhead Island -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey |
The aircraft was one of a flight of seven positioning to RAF Cheddington (USAAF Station 113) from Manston after a communications jamming flight. Weather at Cheddington deteriorated causing the flight to divert to RAF Atcham (USAAF 342) where 4 of the 7 landed safely, as weather continued to deteriorate the final 3 aircraft diverted to RAF Valley & entered a hold. At 17:34 42-51232 reported engines 2 & 4 had failed & the crew had been instructed to bale out. The aircraft crashed into the sea off of North Stack near Holyhead. The pilot 1Lt H.T Bloehm & co-pilot 2Lt D.W Burch were picked up but the remaining crew were never found:
2Lt W.H Lehner
S/Sgt A.R Clemens
S/Sgt F.J Lynch
S/Sgt H.N Nystrom
S/Sgt J.Fonseca
S/Sgt A.Zapotcky
Sgt R.F Gagne
Sgt C.H Daute
Sources:
coflein.gov.uk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2017 19:51 | ORD | Added |
| 17-Dec-2018 06:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2019 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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