AAR 45-1-14-524

416th Bombardment Group (L)

Aircraft Accident Report 45-1-14-524

January 14, 1945, Sunday

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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-22367 (Douglas A-26B-15-DT Invader)

9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 669th Bomb Sq

Mission # 185; Box: I; Flight: 3; Position: 5; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-K

Reason: Landing Accident (LAC)

Damage: Major damage (3)

Point Of Departure: A-55 Melun/Villaroche, France

Location: Station A-69 - Laon, France

*Personnel*
Duty	Name	Rank	S/N	Status
Pilot	Blevins, John W.	2Lt	O-666125	Not injured
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Gentry, Fred Jr.	Cpl	35892598	Not injured

Notes:
Left main landing gear collapsed on landing, causing the A/C to skid off the runway to the left. Landing gear may have been torn loose upon impacting a snow bank at the approach end of the runway.

Description:
Three planes landed at other fields and crashed when their landing gears collapsed. None of the crews were injured. The pilots were Lt L.E. Cannon and J.W. Blevins and Flight Officer H.J. Wilson.
(416th BG History 1945)

See Mission # 185 for additional details