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B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
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I am looking for any crash/accident report regarding B-24 41-11760 crash in 1942-07-27 (by 343rd BS /98th BG). The info i got is from the book The B-24 /PB4Y in Combat by Arnold Rhodes. page 142. Where was this crash location? any crew list? So far: What i assume is that it was in U.S: stateside just before/in transit to Palestine. Acc. to the IARC it was in Heath just before on the 24th, (Newark-Heath Airport, Ohio)? Condemned in a budget report 1942 11 24 But, I can't find any info from the most common accident report websites or in other written sources. /Johan Last edited by JohanSWE; 1st June 2020 at 20:02. Reason: update |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
No such accident at Newark-Heath, OH. See http://wiki.lickingcountylibrary.info/Airplane_Crashes
I gathered the overseas flight started in Florida and via the South Atlantic route to the MTO. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
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" ? |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
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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 Last edited by JohanSWE; 2nd June 2020 at 09:30. Reason: Update |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
Johan,
In an online AAHS Journal (Vol. 37, 1992) it says that 41-11760 was named 'Blonde Bomber', 343rd BS/98th BG. The squadron had a 'Blonde Bomber II' later on. Perhaps the name can give a little lead to trawl the net. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
Apparently a lot of Blondes in the 343rd/98th.
Blond Bomber 41-11895 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...hoto/478431869 http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondbomber2.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondbomber1.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondbomber3.htm Blonde Bomber ??-????? http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomber-v3-3.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomber-v3-2.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomber-v3-1.htm Blonde Bomber II 41-23659 http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomberii1.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomberii4.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomberii3.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/blondebomberii5.htm Various B-24 Blond/Blonde Bomber http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-B-BLONA-BLONZ.htm |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
A little on Blond Bomber (41-11895) and Blond Bomber II (41-23659?) Both flown by Daniel A Story. Note the link has Blond Bomber II as 41-23859? (a typo most likely).
https://soldiersmuseum.com/shop/inde...roducts_id=710 |
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Re: B-24D 41-11760 Crash 1942-07-27
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Hi Leendert! i have a question? Do you still have the overseas started in Florida and via the South Atlantic route to the MTO? Regards Johan |
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