ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148838
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| Date: | Monday 2 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop P-61A-1-NO Black Widow |
| Owner/operator: | 421st (NF) Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-5498 |
| MSN: | 730 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Arayat, Luzon -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 2 July 1945 2nd Lt John G Leckie and his radar operator, 2nd Lt Charles B Faust, were killed when their P-61A 42-5498 of 421st NFS crashed into Mount Arayat, a 3,366 ft extinct volcano northwest of Manila, during a routine patrol. Leckie’s gunner, Sgt Nicholas Natiello, luckily did not fly this mission with them. Funeral services were conducted the following day at a military cemetery in Manila.
This P-61 had at one time been flown by Carl Bjorum’s crew in shooting down two Japanese aircraft.
Sources:
"The 421st. Night Fighter Squadron in World War II", by Jeff Kolln. ISBN 0-7643-1306-1
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120518443
http://www.usaafdata.com/search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Arayat
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=15.200000&lon=120.742000&z=9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2012 01:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 08-Sep-2012 01:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 01:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn] |
| 02-Jan-2019 10:23 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 17:54 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 16:45 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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