ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 113083
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51B Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | BAD 2 USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-12415 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, near Blackpool, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warton /AAF BAD 2, Lancashire |
Took off from USAAF Base Air Depot No. 2, at Warton Airfield, Lancashire, England. (Then known as USAAF Station 582). Reported missing on a flight over the Irish Sea off the Lancashire coast near Blackpool.
This was an air accident not a combat loss.
Pilot - 1st Lt Lloyd D. Bingham Junior (O803763) - aged 26, posted as missing.
article is dated February 17, 1944:
Lt. Bingham Is Missing In Action (sic).
Wires War Dept.
Word has been received that First Lieut. Lloyd D. Bingham, Jr. of Cleveland Avenue in Dearborn, is missing in action (sic) over the European war theatre. This message was sent to his parents and wife last Saturday. A letter from a member of the army air force had previously arrived stating that the young flyer had crashed down into the sea “off England.” The writer said he had witnessed the crash and that Lieut. Bingham and his plane disappeared under the water.
The lieutenant entered the army 3 years ago and was commissioned about a year ago. He had been in England about three months.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bingham and the husband of the former Barbara Moore. He is the first man in the service from the Sacred Heart Parish to be reported missing. He graduated from Dearborn High School and had attended Wayne University.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/wwii/reports/aaf_m_b.htm
http://sharingourpast.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/1943-a-dearborn-familys-war-effort/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2011 17:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2011 05:04 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 06:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 26-Mar-2020 20:19 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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