ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 97811
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| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-31420 |
| MSN: | 6534 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tievebaun, near Cliffony -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USA |
| Prestwick, Scotland |
Crashed into Tievebaun near Mt. Truskmore near Cliffony, Ireland. Poor weather conditions were one of the reasons of the crash.
3 killed, 7 survived.
Airmen 2nd Lt. William Wallace, Richard Fox and Sgt Adam Latecki died in the crash.
Two airmen, including the pilot, struggled down the mountain to find help in Ballintrillick.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
- JF Baugher
http://www.ww2irishaviation.com/42-31420.htm
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/when-i-posted-it-it-just-went-mental-students-snaps-of-ancient-ww2-bomber-wreckage-in-ireland-go-viral-36822670.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf574QbAgFg/?hl=fr&taken-by=thewildatlanticway]
Media:
Fresh photographs of an ancient wreckage of a US B17 bomber ‘flying fortress’ on the top of the Dartry Mountains have received a huge reaction online.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 22 avril 2018
Tourism student Ian Mitchinson shared his photographs.https://t.co/rGWey1Etta pic.twitter.com/k4duyMpn2C
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2012 04:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2015 11:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 22-Apr-2018 05:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2018 05:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 22-Apr-2018 05:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2019 07:26 | dp_burke | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2019 08:24 | dp_burke | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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