Accident Consolidated YB-24/LB-30A Liberator AL607,
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Date:Thursday 8 January 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated YB-24/LB-30A Liberator
Owner/operator:88th RSqn USAAF
Registration: AL607
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:10 miles south of Hannah, WY -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MacDill Hill AAF, Forida
Destination airport:
Narrative:
88th Recon Sqn USAAF Pilot Wolking's body was found 10 January 1942 8 miles south of town; killed after parachuting out of plane [7 others surivied].

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=H3xT48m3F74C&dat=19420110&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Wolking memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160996959/philip-t-wolking

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jul-2019 20:09 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2019 19:46 nomann Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
24-Jul-2019 11:23 nomann Updated [Operator, Source]
19-Dec-2019 20:46 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Feb-2021 11:04 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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