Date & Time:
Jun 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
42-7119
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Salinas - Salinas
MSN:
143
YOM:
1943
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While on a night training flight, the airplane suffered technical problems and possible electrical problems. Four crew members bailed out before the airplane crashed in Weed. Six other crew members were killed.
Those killed were:
F/O George Franklin Churchwell Jr.,
2nd Lt George Hyde Clarke Jr.,
S/Sgt Willet F. Draker,
S/Sgt Alonzia E. Johnston Jr.,
S/Sgt John F. Kennedy,
S/Sgt William W. Powell Jr.
Those killed were:
F/O George Franklin Churchwell Jr.,
2nd Lt George Hyde Clarke Jr.,
S/Sgt Willet F. Draker,
S/Sgt Alonzia E. Johnston Jr.,
S/Sgt John F. Kennedy,
S/Sgt William W. Powell Jr.
Probable cause:
Technical and possible electrical problems.
