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Boeing B-17F 42-3062 US Air Transport Command crashed at Hayle Towans

Date: 1943-04-05
Occurred
81 years ago
05/04/1943 1020hrs Boeing B-17F 42-3062 of the U.S. Air Transport Command on a ferry flight from America to St. Eval crashed at Hayle Towans, 1¾ miles N of Hayle Police Station. The aircraft was badly damaged by fire but the five crewmen are safe. (Captain Nathan S. Kohn).