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Date: | Thursday 20 May 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24E Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-7053 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chicago Airport, Chicago, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tarrant Army Airfield, Texas |
Destination airport: | Chicago Municipal Airport |
Narrative:Upon landing, the plane hit a gasometer and crashed. All twelve occupants died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp Young, David M., "Chicago Aviation: An Illustrated History", Northern Illinois University Press, Dekalb, Illinois, LCCN 2002-33803, ISBN 0-87580-311-3, Appendix B, page 221.
Chicago, Illinois, "Gas Tank Quiz Promised In Air Disaster – Bomber Crash Kills 12 on Board", Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 May 1943, page 1.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-wwii-bomber-crash-midway-airport-20230507-jgascs5vuzhqvdrei36bfkglly-story.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Apr-2017 14:04 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-May-2023 10:31 |
gerard57 |
Updated |
17-Sep-2023 05:08 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |