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Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-5088 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Koge Bay, Greenland -
Greenland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bluie West One, Greenland |
Destination airport: | Bluie West One, Greenland |
Narrative:The B-17 PN9E was one of many aircraft taking part in a search for a downed C-53 Skytrooper when it flew into whiteout conditions and crashed on a Greenland glacier. Due to the remote location and extreme weather conditions the survivors were stranded for five months. They only survived due to heroic efforts by the crew and air drops of supplies making it one of the longest military survival stories in history.
Sources:
hwww.uscgnews.com/.../Coast-Guard-announces-WWII-Coast-Guard-Gru...ttp://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/GreenlandPatrolIceCapRescueTaub2011.pdf Book "Frozen In Time" by Mitchell Zuckoff
Dallas Texas Monday Sep 6 1943 (front page)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Mar-2014 07:56 |
pic541 |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Jun-2014 18:27 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
23-Jan-2017 06:28 |
pic541 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |