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Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
Time: | 11:44 |
Type: | Lockheed P-38 Lightning |
Owner/operator: | 371th FSqn /380th FGp USAAF |
Registration: | 42-13391 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 miles east of Camp Cooke, near Lompoc, California -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Santa Maria AAF |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 22 January 1944 the FG-1 Buno 13217 of VMF-115, Santa Barbara, piloted by Lieutenant Joseph Michael Kovach, and the P-38G-10-LO 42-13391 of 371st FS, 360th FG, Santa Maria, piloted by Lieutenant Allen D Owen, collided in mid-air at 1144 hrs, three miles east of Camp Cooke, near Lompoc, California. Lt Owen bailed out and was uninjured, but Lt Kovach was killed. Both planes were demolished.
Sources:
1.Headquarters Western Sea Frontier war diary, January 1944 (available online at 2.https://www.fold3.com/image/274558126)
3.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1944S.htm
4.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/FG.htm
5.http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/206985609/Joseph-Michael-Kovach
6.http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
8.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=34.732500&lon=-120.568056&z=12
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2013 12:07 |
angels one five |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
22-Jan-2016 11:39 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
23-Mar-2020 09:02 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |