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It was built at the Douglas, Long Beach, CA facility. | It was built at the Douglas, Long Beach, CA facility. | ||
'''24 SEP 1943''' | |||
According to the Air Force Accident Records, this plane was struck by another plane while parked at Wright Field. No crew were aboard. It suffered heavy (3) damage. | |||
The only other plane listed in an accident on the same date/time was listed as type "F-8" (de Havilland Canada F-8-DHB Mk VII Mosquito), tail number 43-34930 based out of Dayton, OH. It was piloted by George F. Tompkins. Pilot Tompkins crashed into 41-39100 while he was taxing on the runway. | |||
Based on the report summary, the pilot survived this crash (otherwise the accident type would have been listed as KCRGC). | |||
It is currently unclear whether or not the Invader was repaired and returned to service or written off as a loss. Based on the number of other invaders with a damage level of 3 on the Air Force reports that have been returned to service, I assume that this one was also repaired. | |||
Databases searched: | |||
AAIR - One Entry Found | |||
MACR - No Entry | |||
KORWALD - No Entry | |||
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[[Category:A-26B-1]] | [[Category:A-26B-1]] | ||
[[Category:A-26B]] | [[Category:A-26B]] | ||
[[Category:Involved in Crash]] | |||
[[Category:Needs additional research]] | |||
Revision as of 14:48, 9 March 2018
This plane was the first production model A-26B ever produced (excluding the prototypes). It was built at the Douglas, Long Beach, CA facility.
24 SEP 1943
According to the Air Force Accident Records, this plane was struck by another plane while parked at Wright Field. No crew were aboard. It suffered heavy (3) damage.
The only other plane listed in an accident on the same date/time was listed as type "F-8" (de Havilland Canada F-8-DHB Mk VII Mosquito), tail number 43-34930 based out of Dayton, OH. It was piloted by George F. Tompkins. Pilot Tompkins crashed into 41-39100 while he was taxing on the runway.
Based on the report summary, the pilot survived this crash (otherwise the accident type would have been listed as KCRGC).
It is currently unclear whether or not the Invader was repaired and returned to service or written off as a loss. Based on the number of other invaders with a damage level of 3 on the Air Force reports that have been returned to service, I assume that this one was also repaired.
Databases searched: AAIR - One Entry Found MACR - No Entry KORWALD - No Entry