Posted By Edouard on August 21, 2006 at 06:17:18:
In Reply to: Ardmore AAF Oklahoma posted by Richard Chambers on August 18, 2006 at 21:36:02:
: anyone have information on a B-17 that went down just outside Ardmore AAF in Oklahoma in 1943
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Hi Richard (remember me?)
www.accident-report lists thirty-two B-17s that crashed or crashlanded at Ardmore AAF or near it in 1943.
According to their data, those that were involved in an accident near Ardmore AAF were
42-3238 (10 miles W from Ardmore AAF)- [delivered Cheyenne April 6, 1943 - Ephrata July 30, 1943 - assigned 100th BG in 1943 - not assigned to a combat theater ]
42-3466 (2 miles N))- [delivered Denver June 26, 1943 - Ephrata July 30, 1943 - Written Off November 5, 1943 ]
42-5196 (2 miles N) - [delivered Cheyenne October 8, 1942 - Pueblo January 13, 1943 - Pyote February 6, 1943 -Tinker August 10, 1943 - 222 BU Ardmore January 22, 1944 - RFC Ontario June 14, 1945 ]
42-40482 (20 miles NE)- [not a B-17 ! ??? ]
42-30752 (20 miles NE)- [delivered Cheyenne July 23, 1943 - Geiger August 6, 1943 - Pendleton August 12, 1943 - 236 BU Pyote November 11, 1944 - stayed in the US ]
42-5196 (20 miles W)- [SECOND ENTRY at accident-report for that plane + two different locations!!??? - see above; should thus be thirty-one aircraft instead of 32...]
42-5136 (3 miles S)- [delivered Cheyenne October 1, 1942 - Boise January 19, 1943 - Wendover May 28, 1943 - Dyersburg August 11, 1943 - Written Off December 16, 1943 ]
42-102410 (5 miles SW) - [Cheyenne March 1, 1944 (!!) - Ardmore March 20, 1944 - 222 BU Ardmore Written Off September 23, 1944...]
42-102786 (6 miles SW) - [delivered Ardmore April 5, 1944 (!!) - Bismarck April 11, 1944 - Ardmore, Written Off April 25, 1944...]
42-102409 ("Ardmore Range") - [Cheyenne March 1, 1944 (!!) Ardmore March 21, 1944 - stayed in the US ]
The additional info between brackets [] is from Roger Freeman's "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story."
Hope this helps somewhat & Best regards,
Edouard Reniere BRUSSELS Belgium