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P-40E 40-401
This aircraft has recently been registered on the US Register as N95665
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=95665 During here service life this was involved in at least two incidents according to www.aviationarchaeology.com 411020 P-40E 40-401 79PS 20PG Hamilton Field, CA CBLoG 3 Smith, Herbert E, Jr USA NC Cunningham Field, NC -- One of 4 aircraft, that either forcelanded (3) or crashed (1) killing William Houston 420703 P-40E 40-401 Fort Randall, AK 5 Bernston, James A. USA AK Fort Randall, AK However, Joe Baugher has http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1940.html 41-401 crashed and burned after takeoff Jun 3, 1942, Fort Randal, AK I think this could be confused with another P-40E incident at Cold Bay (which is the same as Fort Randall) this date. 420603 P-40E 41-5717 Cold Bay, AK 5 Dickinson, Robert K USA AK Cold Bay, AK AccidentReport.com has a another different date for the Alaska incident 40-401 P-40E 420727 ALASKA 40-401 P-40E 411020 NORTH CAROLINA So firstly, can anyone confirm the date that P-40E 4-401 crashed in Alaska (I Aassume with 11th Fighter Sqn) And secondly confirm that the pilot listed for this incident Bernston, James A. is ACTUALLY BERNTSON JOHN A 2LT 0-724679 22-Sep-42 HN Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 0-724679 18th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group Entered the Service from: Utah Died: 22-Sep-42 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart Note: He is with 18th Fighter Sqn (so there is the 343rd Fighter Group link to 11th Fighter Sqn) And finally, confirm to me now BERNTSON JOHN A came to lose his life on 22 September 1942 - I can't find a P-40 loss on this date Many Thanks Paul |
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Re: P-40E 40-401
Paul,
There's a hit on footnote.com when you enter John A Berntson. A half page report seems to give details about his loss, but since I'm not a member, I can't read the fine print. On 22 Sep 1942 15 P-39 and 20 P-40 fighters escorted a dozen B-17 and B-24 on a bombing raid to Adak Island, but mission was aborted due to weather. Perhaps Berntson went missing on this flight? Regards, Leendert |
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