Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, May 16, 1946 (2 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on May 16, 1946 near Hamilton AFB (Novato) California, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion...
- Date: May 16, 1946
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Hamilton AFB (Novato) California, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion after the pilot lost his way
A USAAF B 17 flying from Clovis, New Mexico, to Hamilton Field, California, ran out of fuel after the pilot lost his way. It struck White's Hill near Fairfax about nine miles short of the airfield on 16 May 1946. Two people were killed.