Date & Time:
Mar 20, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
42-33330
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
6792
YOM:
1941
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a transit flight from the US to Europe, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean some 23 km northwest of Trairi. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Clayton G. Wahlers,
2nd Lt Nels O. Shugren,
Cpl Horace A. Johnson.
Crew:
1st Lt Clayton G. Wahlers,
2nd Lt Nels O. Shugren,
Cpl Horace A. Johnson.
