ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 97442
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Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-24425 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Jackson Field, Port Moresby -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Near Hood Point, it collided with B-17F "Dinah Might" 41-24355 thirty miles southeast of Port Moresby and crashed into the sea, killing the entire crew. The other B-17 returned to Port Moresby safely.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-24425.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Sep-2014 10:55 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2023 00:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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