Date & Time:
Jan 6, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Operator:
Registration:
41-9038
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Guatemala City - Seymour Island
MSN:
2510
YOM:
1941
Country:
Ecuador
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful flight from Guatemala City, the airplane landed at Seymour Airfield then collided with a Bell P-39D Air Cobra registered 41-7096. There were no casualties but both airplanes were destroyed.
