Date & Time:
Apr 1, 1943 at 0015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
42-40164
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1241
YOM:
1943
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
9
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a routine navigation training flight when he was forced to attempt an emergency landing at Clovis Airfield. While on approach at night, the airplane crashed and was destroyed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Ray G. Hanson,
2nd Lt Fred Scagnetti,
2nd Lt John W. Foster Jr.,
2nd Lt Harold J. White,
S/Sgt Vernal D. Berreth,
S/Sgt William Henry Block,
S/Sgt Jack M. Day,
T/Sgt R. H. Blume,
T/Sgt Paul Henry Pricer.
Crew:
1st Lt Ray G. Hanson,
2nd Lt Fred Scagnetti,
2nd Lt John W. Foster Jr.,
2nd Lt Harold J. White,
S/Sgt Vernal D. Berreth,
S/Sgt William Henry Block,
S/Sgt Jack M. Day,
T/Sgt R. H. Blume,
T/Sgt Paul Henry Pricer.
