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Crashes and Accidents Index: 1942 B

Dedicated to Eagles who caressed our skies.
May we NEVER forget!

420702  P-40F 41-13782 58FS 33FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  LACGL 3 Harris, Howard R USAVA Norfolk Muni Airport, VA 
420703  P-47B 41-5925 63FS 56FGMitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  LACSSP 3 Cart, Richard R. USANY Mitchel Field, NY 
420706  B-25A 40-2200 393BS  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  FLW 5 Jeffries, Oren L USANY Nr USCG Sta,7 mi E,Amagansett, NY 
​420709  AT-6 40-721 89FS 80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  FLEF 3 Evans, Albert L USANY Mitchel Field, NY 
420710  P-47B  41-5934  63FS   56FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY      KMAC 
 Rhodes, Lyman F, IV    USA  NY    East Islip, LI, NY
5934 (MSN 40) 63rd FS, 56th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Mid air collision 10 July 42 with P-47 41-5907 at East Islip, Long Island, NY; Pilot killed 

420710  P-47B  41-5907  63FS  56FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY        MAC 
 Tukey, Philip E.  USA   NY   East Islip, LI, NY 
5907 (MSN 13) 63rd FS, 56th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, NY; Mid air collision 10 July 42 with P-47 41-5934 at East Islip, Long Island, NY;

63rd FS, 56th FG, Bridgeport Municipal Airport, CT; Damaged 11 Sep 42 on take-off at Bridgeport;

321st FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Forced landing with engine failure
​25 Feb 43 at Goshen, MA;

Damaged by fire 25 Aug 43 with maintenance crew on the ground at Westover.
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420718  P-40F 41-14022 56FS 58FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  LAC 4 Beggs, Carl L USAVA Langley Field, VA 
420720  P-47B 41-5953 HqSq 1FC Republic Aviation, Farmingdale, LI,NY  FLMF 3 Brown, Meade M. USA NY Mitchel Field, LI. NY 
420721 P-47B   41-5906  63FS   56FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    LAC 
3   Dugas, Harry P.   USA  NY     Mitchel Field, LI. NY 
420730  P-40F   41-13774  59FS   33FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    FLEF 
3 Holcombe, Richard E   USA  PA     Philadelphia Muni Airport, PA 
July 31, 1942 420731   BC-1A    39-816   HQ 1AF     Mitchel Field, NY     Killed, Stall / SPin CRash   (KSSPCR) 
Smith, George R   USA   NJ      615 Prelinghuysen Ave,     Elizabeth, NJ
 
816 (MSN 55-1566) wrecked at Mitchel Field Jul 31, 1942
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Ltc. George Rosse Smith USMA Class of 1935
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BIRTH unknown
DEATH 31 Jul 1942

BURIAL Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

​PLOT Sec: 4, Site: 5657
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August 1 1942  (420801)   P-47B    41-5937  89FS    80FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY           LACMF 
3     Foster, Robert L.     USA     NY                   Mitchel Field, NY    Forced landing at Mitchel
​5937 (MSN 43) 89th FS, 80th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Forced landing 1 Aug42 at Mitchel; Mid air collision 2 Oct 42 with P-47 41-6054 at Eastport, Long Island, NY; Pilot bailed out
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​420801  P-47B 41-5959 90FS 80FG Newark Airport, Newark, NJ  BOEFF 5 Harrison, Robert M. USANY 15 mi NE of Mitchel Field, LI, NY 


5959 (MSN 65) 90th FS, 80th FG, 1st AF, Newark Field, NJ; Crashed 1Aug42 after engine failure and fire at Mitchel, NY; Pilot bailed out
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Newsday: August 3, 1942

Brooklyn Daily Eagle August 2, 1942
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420801  P-47B 41-5937 89FS  80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY     LACMF 
3 Foster, Robert L.  USA  NY   Mitchel Field, NY 

420813   P-40F  41-13718  59FS   33FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   LACSSP 
3   Campbell, Douglas H  USA PA  Philadelpia Muni Airport, PA 

420817  P-47B  41-5906  63FS   56FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   FLEF 
3   Vogt, John W.,Jr.  USA NY    Huntington Station, LI, NY 

420819 B-10B  34-30  2TTSq     Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    LACGL 
4   Seeberg, Gordon A  USA  PA      Wilkes-Barre Airport, PA 

420822  BT-14  40-1212  HqSq  1BC   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    LACGL 
3  Bush, Richard J  USA GA    Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA 
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420823  B-18B  37-541  40BS   13BG 
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   
DTCEF 

Majure, Albert L  USA NY     
40º 15' N - 73º 10
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August 27, 1942: P-47B 41-5927 (MSN 33)  89FS [131], 80FG , 1 AF Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY Landing Accident Ground Collision (LACGC) Pilot Edgar G. Greek.  Accident in collision while landing with P-47B 41-5971, piloted by Frank H. Peppers,  at Mitchel.   5927 Crashed 26 Sep. 42, Piloted by Lt. Bernard A. Zimmerman, when force landed with engine failure at Garden City, Long Island, NY.
August 27, 1942:   P-47B   41-5971  63FS   56FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    LACGC 
4  Peppers, Frank H.  USA NY  Mitchel Field, NY 



​P-47B 41-5927 
(MSN 33)  
89FS [131], 80FG ,
 

​and 
P-47B   41-5971 
63FS  [77],  56FG 

Photo from Rian Olsen's
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420903  P-40F  41-14128  315FS   324FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    FLEF 
3  Robinson, R S  USA NJ   Shiloh, NJ ​​
420905   AT-6  40-721  89FS  80FG   Mitchel Field, LI, NY  Killed in Take Off Accident due to Engine Failure KTOAE   2nd Lt.  Jack R. Davies, (23) USA  NY  and 1st Lt. Allan M. Giessler (38)  1 mi W of Mitchel Field, LI, NY North American AT-6 Texan 721 w/o Sep 5, 1942 at Mitchel Field, NY​
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Nassau Daily Review Star September 8 1942
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Jack Russell Davies 
​BIRTH21 Mar 1919   DEATH5 Sep 1942 (aged 23)
BURIAL Mount Hope Cemetery
Florence, Florence County, 
​South Carolina, USA

PLOT"C Addition"
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
September 6, 1942
Newsday, September 8, 1942
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420906    B-18B  38-589  49BS  2BG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    FLEFF 
3 (parked aircraft)   USA  NY    Mitchel Field, LI, NY 

420906  P-47B  41-5986  89FS   80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    FLEFF 
4   Upson, Linus E.  USA  NY     Mitchel Field, LI, NY 

420915  P-47B  41-6060   89FS   80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   LACGL 
3  Kowtko, Nicholas  USA NY  Mitchel Field, NY 

420921 P-47B  41-5953  89FS   80FG     Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  GACF 
2  Kierstead, Roy C.  USA NY   Mitchel Field, NY 

420923  P-40F  41-13660  59FS   33FG     Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   LAC 
3  Jones, James D  USA PA   Philadelphia Muni Airport, PA 

420925  P-47B  41-6053  88FS   80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   FLEF 
3  Boldman, Amel Jr.  USA CT    Bridgeport Muni Airport, CT ​
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 420926  P-47B  41-5927  89FS   80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  Forced Landing due to Engine Failure (FLEF)
Pilot Bernard A. Zimmerman  USA NY   Garden City, LI, NY  Crashed 26 Sep 42 when force landed with engine failure at Garden City, Long Island, NY 
5927 89th FS [131], 80th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 27 Aug 42 in collision with P-47B 41-5971 landing at Mitchel; Crashed 26 Sep 42 when force landed with engine failure at Garden City, Long Island, NY​
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Nassau Daily Revue Star
​Monday September 28 1942

Razorback P-47B 41-5927 (5927) 89th FS [131], 80th FG, 1st AF,
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The Brooklyn Eagle
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10 Raymond Court today.
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Side view of house. You can see the backyard where plane landed and the chimney, visible in the left side of crash picture.
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​Above, overview map:        Below.  Stewart Schoolyard, Playground fence the plane clipped (in center), and Backyard of House at 10 Raymond Court.
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Newsday: September 28, 1942
420927  P-40F  41-14315 59FS  33FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   TACNU 
3  Reed, J E  USA PA   Philadelphia Map, PA ​
421002 P-47B 41-5937  89FS  82FG   Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   BOMAC 
5 Kowtko, Nicholas USA NY  Eastport, LI, NY 

421002  P-47B 41-6054 89FS  80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    BOMAC 
5  Loehr, Willis R.  USA NY  Eastport, LI, NY 

L-4 42-7827 HqSq  1FC  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   TACNU 
3 Johnson, Joseph R   USA  NY   Mitchel Field, NY 

421009  P-40F 41-14249  58FS  33FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   LACGL 
4  Brown, Jack R  USA PA  Philadelphia Muni Airport, PA 

421008 P-40F 41-14292 59FS  33FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY TOASSP 
3  Smith, Robert H  USA PA  Mustin Field, PA 

421018  P-47B 41-6027 89FS  80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  TAC 
4  Bump, Howard M. USA NY  Mitchel Field, NY 

421018 P-47B 41-6028 89FS  80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  TAC 
4 Bell, Robert D.  USA NY  Mitchel Field, NY 
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421027 P-47B 41-6062 88FS  80FGMitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  TACNU 
3  Brankus, Andrew C.  USA NY  Mitchel Field, LI, NY

421029 P-47B 41-5978 88FS  80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   FLEF 
5  Simmons, Richard O.  USA NY  Smithtown Bay, Long Island Sound,NY
​Force landed 29 Oct. 42 with engine failure in Smithtown Bay, Long Island Sound, NY 

421030  L-3A 42-7810 89FS  80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   TAC 
3  Warren William H  USA CT   Bridgeport Muni Airport, CT ​
421104  P-47B  41-6062  88FS   80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY    FLEF 
4   Willard, Dozier P.  USA NY   Mitchel Field, LI, NY 
November 10, 1942  (421110)  P-47B 41-5982  89FS 80FG     Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  TOAEF 4 
Bump, Howard M.   USA    NY Mitchel Field, LI, NY  
Accident  after engine failed taking off at Mitchel.
​5982 (MSN 88) 89th FS [139], 80th FG, 1st AF, Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY; Accident 10 Nov 42 after engine failed taking off at Mitchel; Redesignated RP-47B; 322nd FS, 326th FG, 1st AF, Westover Field, Chicopee, MA; Destroyed 26Feb43 when crash landed near Springfield, MA
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421111  P-47B  41-6010  88FS  80FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  LAC 
4 Drury, Richard B.  USA NY  Mitchel Field, LI, NY 

421114  P-40F  41-13647 350FS 353FG  Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY   LACGL 
3  Newhart, Dewey E  USA MD   Baltimore AAB, Baltimore, MD 
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421204  P-47B 41-6012 89FS 80FG Mitchel Field, Hempstead, LI, NY  TAC 3 Kowto, Nicholas USA NY Mitchel Field, NY 
421214  C-71 42-38267  MAD  Mitchel Field, LI, NY  LAC 4 Pratt, O N USA OH Patterson Field, OH 
421215  P-47C 41-6282 89FS 80FG Mitchel Field, LI, NY  KFLEF 5 Porter, John H. USA NY Mitchel Field, LI, NY
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Newsday, December 16, 1942
421217  C-43D 42-94124 95AB Sq  Fort Dix AAB, NJ  LAC 3 Tauber, Charles B USA NY Mitchel Field, LI, NY
421220  P-47C 41-6132 89FS 80FG Mitchel Field, LI, NY  LAC 3 Whitley, Charles G. USACT Bradley Field, CT 
421221  B-18BM 37-562 4 AntiSubSq 25ASWg Mitchel Field, LI, NY  FLEF 4 Hamilton, Joseph L USA NY Mitchel Field, LI, NY 
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Newsday, December 26, 1942
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Thanks to: Joshua Stoff:
Author:

Long Island Aircraft Crashes: 1909-1959 
Hardcover – January 1, 2004

by Joshua Stoff  (Author)

Also: Aviation Archeology   and Joe Baugher's  Military Aircraft Serial Numbers

 Also  Honor Roll 33rd FG

Accident Reports.com


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