ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188744
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| Date: | Thursday 14 October 1943 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17F-120-BO Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-30831 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reinach, Near Aesch and Ettingen -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chelveston |
| Chelveston |
Crash landed in a field while performing an emergency landing. The navigator Donald Rowley died in the crash. The plane was engaged in a bombing mission on Schweinfurt, Germany. Nickname of the plane was 'Lazy baby'. It was scrapped in Switzerland.
Sources:
https://www.basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch/basel/baselbiet/als-die-fliegende-us-festung-in-aesch-ploetzlich-vom-himmel-fiel-127265174
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCZY4_B_17F_Lazy_Baby_Crash_on_October_14_1943_Aesch_BL_Switzerland
https://b17flyingfortress.de/schicksale/lazy_baby.php_
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/brennende-motoren-ausfliessender-treibstoff/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2016 19:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Jul-2020 13:35 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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