B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27

[Alex Smart]

From the WWW,
41-11760 crashed 27/7/42 was this a/c a 98 BG a/c ?
41-11814 - 98BG , Tunisia, 24/7/42.
41-11876, 27/7/42, South Carolina.

Is it possible that the a/c was "814" and that the date was somehow misinterpreted, "4" to "7" ?

[JohanSWE]

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

From the WWW,
41-11760 crashed 27/7/42 was this a/c a 98 BG a/c ?
41-11814 - 98BG , Tunisia, 24/7/42.
41-11876, 27/7/42, South Carolina.

Is it possible that the a/c was "814" and that the date was somehow misinterpreted, "4" to "7" ?

Hi Alex.

41-11760 Acc. to the book yes, but it would be nice to have one more source/accident report that could confirm that.

41-11814 (344th BS) went down en-route to Palestine over Africa 23/24 July and 344th BS was first squadron to arrive on 25/7.
But i have that listed the plane crash in Near Misérié, Chari-Baguirmi, West CHAD, not over Tunisia as Christopher Shores book do. That doesn't match the ferry routes/link over Africa.
Lets see when AFHRA opens. They have the report.

/Johan