Date & Time:
Jan 12, 1943 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-24036
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
831
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
10
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
While conducting a night training mission at low altitude, the captain snap the automatic pilot system when the aircraft nosed down and crashed in a huge explosion 3 miles west of Alamogordo. It is understood that a recovery was impossible due to an insufficient distance with the ground. All ten crew members were killed.
