ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 116117
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | 397th FSqn /368th FGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-75695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1/2mile SW of RAF Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chilbolton, Hampshire |
| RAF Warmingford, UK |
On 1 February 1944, 1st Lt. Henry W. Belcher, Jr., the assistant operations officer of the 397th FS, 368th FG, crashed while ferrying the P-47D 42-75695 from Chilbolton to Warmingford, England. His plane was seen to nose up in overcast and then fall out in a stall, killing him instantly as it crashed into the ground an half mile southwest of Chilbolton.
Lt. Belcher was buried at the American Cemetery, Brookwood, on 5 February. Lt. Roy Carlson and Chaplain Donald Cleary attended his funeral.
Sources:
"Second to none: the history of the 368th Fighter Group", by Timothy M Grace, Carlos M Talbott and the 368th Fighter Group Association. ISBN 0-9787449-0-X.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1944O.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilbolton
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.150225&lon=-1.435776&z=13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2017 15:51 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 18:48 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 20:44 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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