44-8560
from AAF accident report
Object Number - UPL 28726 - 44-8560
8th AF / 45th CBW / 96th BG / 413rd BS - (RAF Snetterton Heath)
B-17G (SH)
Taxi accident (class 1): Friday, 8 June 1945 @ 0550 (Taxi hazard not marked / Pilot error)
RAF Molesworth (Station 107) - England
Pilot: 1Lt John J Girard
Aircraft had landed at RAF Molesworth to pick-up personnel and transport them to Africa (Green Project).
This station was in the process of being abandoned and the ground markings were not being maintained.
While taxing on the perimeter strip, the left main landing gear tire slipped off the edge of the track and dropped into an unmarked drainage ditch.
#2 propeller and engine damaged.
AAF accident report: 45-6-8-702
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
RAF Molesworth | 8 June 1944 | AAF accident report 44-6-8-702 |
