USAAF
5th AF
8th FG
80th FS
Pilot 2nd Lt. Robert M. Bennett, O-728550
Crashed April 12,
1943
Mission History
After heavy rains, the nose wheel of this aircraft sank into the runway
at Iron Range Airfield at 11:00am while taxing for a flight to
3-Mile Drome (Kila
Drome).
The
nose wheel
strut
broke and left engine
reduction
gear cracked.
References
Thanks Keith Hopper for this information.
P-38
