ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 114406
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51H-5-NA Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 44-64315 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Concord/ 1mi S -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed. On August 17, 1946, a flight of two P-51 aircraft took off from Bedford Army Air Field in Bedford, Massachusetts, to participate in an air show. They were scheduled to take part in a escort formation flight with a B-29 that was also participating in the show.
As the B-29 was flying at an altitude between 2,500 and 3,000 feet, the two P-51’s swooped down on it from above and broke away in a roll. One of the P-51 pilots was 25-year-old 1st Lt. Severino B. Calderon, flying aircraft #44-64315. After rolling away from the B-29, Lt. Calderon climbed again and made another pass, this time coming within 50 to 100 yards of the bomber. As he did so, the P-51 rolled over into a “split-S” and began diving towards the ground. The plane crashed on the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad just ahead of a train bound from Boston to Chicago. Fortunately the train engineer was alerted to the wreckage and stopped before hitting it.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://newenglandaviationhistory.com/tag/massachusetts-military-aviation-accident/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2022 20:36 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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