ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 96120
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Date: | Tuesday 13 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell P-39D Airacobra |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 41-7043 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nadi Bay, Viti Levu -
Fiji
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nandi Airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mid-air collision with B-26B Marauder, registration 41-17590. Both planes crashed into the sea. The body of the pilot was never found, but the pilot is presumed to have died in the crash.
The entire crew of the Marauder plane also died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-39/41-7043.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2015 09:18 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2021 02:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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