ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74496
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 22-JUN-1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing B-17C Fortress I |
| Operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AN522 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Built for USAAF as B-17C 40-2053. Diverted to RAF as AN522 on 19 February 1941. Crashed 22 June 1941: Royal Air Force Boeing Fortress I, AN522, of No. 90 Squadron, RAF West Raynham, flown by F/O J. C. Hawley, breaks up in mid-air over Yorkshire during a training flight.
Sole survivor, Bill Stewart, a medical officer from RAE Farnborough, reports that the bomber entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud at 33,000 feet (10,100 m), became heavily iced-up with hailstones entering through open gunports, after which control was lost, the port wing detached, and the fuselage broke in two at 25,000 feet (7,600 m).
Survivor Bill Stewart, who was in the aft fuselage, was able to bail out at 12,000 feet (3,700 m). What isn't mentioned is that the young American 2nd pilot Follett Bradley was the first US casualty of WWII -- they had to keep that quiet at the time, as the USA was supposedly neutral
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress#1940s
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/an522.html
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/index.html
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=38006
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1940.html
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/40-2053.htmlthe
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2010 18:24 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-May-2010 19:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2011 08:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2011 08:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Sep-2011 20:44 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2011 20:44 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 03:28 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 01:42 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2013 15:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2013 14:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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