Arnold Fredrickson
MilitaryCrashed in UC-64A Norseman 43-45439 at Shining Tor on 29 September 1944. Fredrickson was on a liaison flight from Burtonwood to RAF Winthorpe and back. He encountered bad weather on the return journey and wrongly assumed he had passed the high ground when he descended into Shining Tor.
The aircraft caught fire on crashing, but Fredrickson escaped. He made his way to Stake Farm, where apparently he was found brandishing a broke piece of the aircraft to 'fend off coyotes'
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: UC-64/64A Norseman
- Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 10th Depot Repair Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)
- Site type: Aircraft crash site