Recent content by TonyM

I just read Aviation Safety Magazine; parts of Finish Forty by Searce; three papers The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and the New York Times. I would have read more but I have things to do. TM

This book is still available. Thanks TM

During the Second World War over 15,500 USAAF personnel and over 7,100 aircraft were destroyed in fatal accidents in the United States. Read about this appalling toll in: FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945 This three-volume work chronicles all AAF...

Friend, There is a lot of information about the DC-3 / C-47 Douglas Transport Family on line and there are many good books written about it. Search around on line and you'll find a large number of photos and information about this fabulous airplane, which is considered one of the most...

Maybe it was P-39Q # 44-2247, which crashed at Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 14 November 1943. Provide me with more info and I can nail this down for you; I have all the AAF accident reports for WWII. Tony Mireles Anthony J. Mireles FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS IN...

FlyboyJ, Yes, you are right. Most of the P-39 spin accidents occurred while the airplane was being used and not while flying in the pattern or on climb out. But the P-39 spin phenomenom was serious enough to prompt the AAF to conduct a seperate test of an in-service aircraft. I have been...

Try this website for model by model accident stats: United States Army Air Forces in World War II TonyM.

GrauGeist, Perhaps a little of both. The center of gravity on the P-39 airplane probably contributed and the relative inexperience of the pilots involved aggravated the problem I would reckon. The Republic P-47 airplane was involved in 462 fatal accidents in the United States during...

I beg to differ on this one. The P-39 was involved in 395 fatal accidents in the US during WWII--a great majority of these accidents were spin related. The P-39 had a tendency to enter viscious end-over-end spins that were almost impossible to recover from. Many P-39 accident reports contain...

If you find out the guy's unit, then you can check the unit history at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama, where such records are stored. In most cases, you can purchase the unit history on microfilm. The unit history will tell who flew on what...

Looking for biographical information concerning WWII USMC pilot Major Lofton Henderson. Henderson Field, Guadacanal, was named for him. Apparently he was killed in the Battle of Midway. Have heard in the past that he (or was it his wife?) was from Gary, Indiana. Found the wiki post but it is...

This crash is indeed listed on Fuller's AAIR overseas accident index at Aviation Archaeology Research and Investigation. The crash is listed as occurring at Leyte, Phillipines. It is not listed as USS Randolph. The data base lists geographic crash location in the index, not objects or ships...

You're right. It did before. The story is still there on that site. TonyM.

According to AAF Aircraft Accident Brief: The airplane was an F-5E. Lockheed F-5E # 44-24559 Pilot was Capt. P. Gillespie. He was killed in the crash. The accident occurred at 1545 (I am guessing that would be local time) Four USN personnel killed; 14 USN personnel seriously...

I would chose to fly a Boeing B-17 in the ZOI. The Seattle, Washington, to Sebring, Florida, gig would be nice. TonyM.