ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248380
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| Date: | Monday 1 March 1943 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: | Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless |
| Owner/operator: | VMSB-243, US Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 10139 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | 4 mi S of Barbers Point, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1 March 1943, 2nd Lt. August Charles Baetzhold and his radio/gunner Corporal Paul O’Brien, were participating in a routine dive-bombing practice flight about four miles south of Barber’s Point, Oahu. Their target was mauevering boat. Their plane, the SBD-4 Buno 10319 of VMSB-243, nosed over into its dive at 0850 hrs, and Baetzhold appeared to struggle with the controls. He hit the water at a thirty-degree angle and disappeared almost immediately.
A pair of minesweepers arrived on the scene minutes later to search for survivors but found only small pieces of floating wreckage. Neither Baetzhold nor O’Brien were recovered, and both were reported killed in the accident.
Sources:
https://missingmarines.com/august-c-baetzhold-jr/
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/LLMar43.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameB.htm
http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/maps/USA_HI_Kalaeloa_Barbers_Point_Harbor_Oahu_822.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2021 15:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 11-Jun-2023 21:38 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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