ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 96116
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Date: | Tuesday 6 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-6764 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | north of Kálfafell, Miklafell -
Iceland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Höfn |
Destination airport: | Reykjavík |
Narrative:Crashed. Condemned Jan 18, 1943. The wreckage of the plane was found by sheep farmers on 2 June 1944.
The pilot, Hoffman J. E. Lt. was killed in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp - JF Baugher
http://www.stridsminjar.is/index.php/a-list-of-crash-sites-by-year/incidents-in-1942/77-p-39-airacobra-miklafell-v-skaftafellssysla-october-6-1942 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Sep-2012 07:53 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2016 10:01 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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