44-8047
19 October 1944; night training flight; Hicks, pilot;
44-8047 SO*Z 547th BS; PFF equipped
On landing the left inboard drag strut support bolt broke. Stresses caused the drag link and support bolt on outboard drag strut to break causing the crash-landing; damaged - left inner & outer wing panels & left landing gear; salvaged and transferred to the 379th BG Kimbolton 1/4/45.
Photo taken looking south; tech area to left, taxiway in foreground and right, control tower complex in the right background.
Photo courtesy of Tony Plowright, 2013.
- Author
- Tony Plowright
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- Thursday 25 April 2013
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- Thursday 25 April 2013
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