ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338639
Date: | Monday 26 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated C-87A Liberator Express |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-24174 |
MSN: | 969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Marshall Islands -
Pacific Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA) |
Destination airport: | Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
Narrative:The C-87 transport plane took from Guam on a flight to Hawaii transporting senior staff for prepare for a high-level meeting on plans for the final assault on Japan during World War II. Weather was reported as broken clouds at 3,000 - 6,000 feet. The aircraft was lost at sea between Kwajalein and Hawaii.
Last contact was by radio at 12:15 when the aircraft's position was reported as 11 degrees 15' north, 174 degrees 15' east.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com Location
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