ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 97419
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1943 |
| Time: | 04:35 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-29568 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hutchinson, KS -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Orlando Army Air Base, Florida |
| Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska |
Crashed. The B-17 departed the air base at Orlando, Florida on a celestial navigational training flight back to Nebraska. At about 04:30 hours, the pilot began circling Hutchinson, Kansas, and called for landing instructions, believing he was over the army airfield at Smoky Hills (Salina, KS). But in fact they were circling the naval air station at Hutchinson, about 50 miles to the south.
As the flight continued to receive further instructions, the airplane gradually lost elevation and flew into terrain in near-zero visibility fog conditions. It skidded along for 400 yards before becoming airborne again, then slammed into the ground and exploded, killing all aboard:
1LT Ned D. Knaphus , O-727225, UT, Pilot
2LT Bruce S. Upson, O-729930, CA, Co-Pilot
2LT Carl T. Miller, O-731087, CA, Navigator
2LT Raymond L. Zeiter Jr., O-730319, MI, Bombardier
TSGT Earl C. Woollenweber, 15075882, WV, Flight Engineer
TSGT Bernard Budimirovich, 32200170, NY, Radio Operator
SSGT Walter E. Bybee, 6792661, IL, Gunner
SSGT Max W. McArthur, 19100466, CA, Gunner
PVT James A. Farrell, 36303696, IL, Gunner
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=388146
http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=1606&order=field..
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103596089/max-waldo-mcarthur#source
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Anthony J. Mireles
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2021 15:56 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 29-Jul-2022 19:41 | Gumby778 | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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