ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275720
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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24M Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-95115 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Rackheath, Wroxham, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rackheath |
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B-24M Liberator #42-95115, 790th Bomb Squadron, 467th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II.
The four motored bomber crashed on takeoff from RAF Rackheath, USAAF Station 145, Norfolk, England, for a mission to Plum, Germany, but the airplane faltered in dense fog due to prop wash from other planes taking off, and mushed into treetops and crashed, killing all ten airmen aboard.
Three other crashes caused the mission to Prum, Germany to be scrubbed.
Killed were:
2nd Lt. Kurt F. Schellhas, O-713676, MN, Pilot
Flt. Off. Clifford A. Pheneger, T-125782, CA, Co-Pilot
Flt. Off. Richard S. Hagist, T-129815, IL, Navigator
Sgt. Joseph F. Fearon, 31308952, MA, Flight Engineer
Sgt. Albert Montick, 32597713, NJ, Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Dale K. Ketchel, 17100468, KS, RCM Operator
Sgt. Lewis E. Byers, 37730501, KS, Gunner
Sgt. Karl J. Koller, 16107813, WI, Gunner
Sgt. Edward R. Materewicz, 13189418, PA, Gunner
Sgt. Robert L. Williams, Togglier
Sources:
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1944O.htm
usaafdata.com
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294114/kurt-f-schellhas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | Gumby778 | Added |
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