ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 97539
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Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
Time: | 00:10 |
Type: | Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-5128 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 6 Mi E Fort Benton, MT -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Great Falls Air Base |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed, the plane exploded mid-air for unknown reasons. All ten occupants, on a training, bombing flight, died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/05/24/death-bomber-crew-fort-benton-remembers-crash/27897857/?from=new-cookie Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-May-2015 09:53 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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