Event Date: 1944-08-15 |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
No |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Comments: While taxiing prior to a practice mission, the brakes failed. To avoid the aircraft ahead of him, pilot turned off the perimeter track, and the aircraft came to a stop in a small gully. The crew was not injured. |
Non-Combat Sortie |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 44‑8011 ⇗ | 547th | SO*J | MISBEHAVIN' |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Rainey, Harry Wesley, Jr⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Rowe, J Z (IO)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Evans, Jack Clifton⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
ACCIREP | Accident Report # 44-08-15-532⇗ |