B-23 crash (5/31/43) looking for info.

[TAdan]

Any info on a B-23 that went down near Reno May 31, 1943.

I am trying to figure out which A/C this was. Going by Baugher's site it seems that 39-40 or 39-49 are unaccounted for and could possibly fit the time line.

Just looking for more info to complete the story about Earle Victor Anderson, Rutgers class of '41.

http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/Docs/som ... e_all.html

[TonyM]

That airplane was 39-29 and is listed on the AAF Form No. 14 Aircraft Accident Report as a C-67, which is a modified Douglas B-23. The airplane, collided with rising terrain at Smith Creek Valley, Nevada, approximately 36 miles west of Austin, Nevada, killing 11 crew and passengers. Pilot was 1Lt. E.V. Anderson.

The airplane had taken off from Peterson Field, Colorado, on a personnel transport flight to Reno, Nevada. The airplane never made it and was declared missing; the wreckage was found on June 3, 1943. Investgation revealed that the airplane, while flying in instrument conditions, collided with the 10,000-foot level of Desatoya Peak at a point about 150 feet short of the top while flying in a southwesterly direction. The airplane was flying at about cruise speed while in a slight descent at the time of impact, estimated to be about 1702 PWT. The airplane exploded violently into flames upon impact, killing all eleven on board instantly.

There is an Army Air Forces Form No. 14 Aircraft Accident Report for this one; See Craig Fuller at AAIR or write to Maxwell Field, Alabama for a copy . The accident is also summarized in Volume I of FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945.

Good Luck with your research.

TonyM

[TAdan]

Wow. Tony that was exactly the information I was looking for!

Thanks

[TonyM]

You are welcome. Happy to help.

Here are the names of the others on board:

Crew:
1Lt. George Adams, pilot
1Lt. E.V. Anderson, pilot
Cpl. W.L. Corey, engineer
Cpl. Albert R. Schneider, radio operator

Passengers:
Col. P.R. Love
TSgt. Stanley Krysztowick
Cpl. Frank Fugazza
Cpl. Freddie E. Jones
Pvt. Ralph M. Godsell
Cpl. Don C. Brill
Cpl. Hugo Knight Vissher

Good Luck with your research

TonyM.

[TAdan]

Thanks again Tony, that is great information.

[Nathan]

WIX is great!

[TAdan]

WIX is great!

It really is!

I was simply going through the "Some Gave All" write up at my internship and noticed the mention of a B-23... and thought that was a little unusual.

Now its just a matter of how far should I go with it. Thanks to Tony I've got all sorts of good info.

Anyone have a pic of 39-29?