ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202672
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Date: | Friday 7 August 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-9224 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Koumac -
New Caledonia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Koumac airfiedl |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff under unknown circumstances. All 9 occupants died in the crash.
The nickname of the plane was "Kai-O-Keleiwa".
The wreckage of the plane was located in the year 2000 by a fisherman.
Parts of the plane were retrieved in the year 2007 and are now in the Maritime Museum in Noumea.
Sources:
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-9224.html https://www.plongeur.com/b-17-epave-nouvellecaledonie Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Dec-2017 13:40 |
gerard57 |
Added |
08-Dec-2017 13:47 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Date] |
17-Mar-2022 19:39 |
PolandMoment |
Updated [Narrative] |
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