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Date: | Sunday 23 January 1944 |
Time: | 09:20 |
Type: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-31507 |
MSN: | 6621 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Johnstown, Co Kilkenny (Crew landed Enniskillen, NI) -
Ireland
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed; crew bailed out.
Crew landed Enniskellin but plane crashed Johnstown Co Kilkenny Rep. of Ireland.
Yes indeed the Crew bailed out,under the Captain 2nd Lt, C G Smith Jr. Flight path took it directly over Moloney's farm, Boher Hill, Moyne, Co.Tipperary. My father ( Tom Moloney) was returning from early mass in Templetouhy when the plane flew directly over his house, not far above the chimneys / roof.(Source:Eye witness, Tom Moloney, Boher Hill, Moyne, Co.Tipperary) ...near neighbours ( Davys ) also witnessed this plane:
I was standing in fathers yard (DAVY's ) near Templetuohy, with cousins, when we saw this HUGH plane pass just South of us, and I remarked thet it is bending ( going down ), as it dit less than 6 miles over near Johnstown..the only other planes that I saw in the War, were a group of 5 or 7, Small -looking planed going west, and they were very HIGH up, What were they,,British, US, or German, fighters..Memories..
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[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp.]I should add a little to this account..Fathers should read Paddy Davy ( Long Paddy )our Grandfather, Born Killanigan Bes 23 1880, Died January 6 th 1979 , lived at Cranagh, that was where My Two of my first Cousins Kathleen agus Paddy Davy, and I were standing by the Black Currant plot, when we saw the Plane. To us it was an Amazing sight to behold..Our Uncle Tim DAVY ( 1922-1979 ) Cranagh agus Bolton, was with the LSF , and rushed over to the Crash sight, , Bicycle speed. . .
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2012 09:12 |
cucayh |
Updated [Time, Location] |
04-Jul-2012 12:06 |
killanigan |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
08-Oct-2012 04:55 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
08-Oct-2012 04:55 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Phase] |
13-Dec-2015 20:32 |
Molotom |
Updated [Time, Narrative] |
23-Jan-2016 18:46 |
Molotom |
Updated [Narrative] |
29-Jul-2016 19:37 |
seamus fogarty |
Updated [Source] |
29-Aug-2017 19:26 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-May-2018 14:23 |
Cucayh |
Updated [Narrative] |