ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273798
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| Date: | Monday 1 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24D Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 7th ADS, 13th USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-23899 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea 9 mi off Guadalcanal -
 Solomon Islands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mascot Airport, Sydney, Australia |
| Henderson Field, Guadalcanal |
B-24 Liberator 41-23899 (B-24D-10-CO) was being operated as a transport aircraft by the 7th Airdrome Squadron, 13th USAAF.
On the 1st of May,1944 the plane (nicknamed "The Bad Penny") departed from Sydney for a flight to Guadalcanal in the Solomons. It carried a crew of five and one passenger.
The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination and was found to have ditched in the sea owing to severe weather.
Those on board:
1st Lt Harold Surbaugh, pilot, missing.
2nd Lt Thomas J. Price, co-pilot, survived.
1st Lt Charles L. Ogg, navigator, survived.
S/Sgt Stanley A. Okon, engineer, missing.
Pfc Stephen F. Sakalski, radioman, survived.
Captain R.S. Taylor, (from New Zealand) a maritime radio expert working for the Solomon Islands Defence Force, passenger, missing.
Sources:
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/41-23899.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2022 02:13 | angels one five | Added |
| 24-Feb-2022 07:26 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2023 09:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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