Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Apr 6, 1942 (5 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on April 6, 1942 near Tucson Arizona, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: An engine failed and caught fire in...
- Date: April 6, 1942
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Tucson Arizona, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: An engine failed and caught fire in flight, and the aircraft crashed 22 miles southeast of Tucson.
Flying Fortress 38-214 of the 39th Bomb Group suffered engine failure with an engine burning in flight and crashed 22 miles southeast of Tucson on 6 April 1942. Five crew were killed.