Compiled 12-20-2023 by Wayne Blanchard for: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–11 Aviation Safety Network. USAAF B-29 engine failure/crash landing, MacDill AAF Tampa.

— 9 INS. “Nine fliers killed…B-29 crashed at MacDill.” Lincoln Sunday Journal, NE, 5-13-1945, 5-A.

Narrative Information

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 81:
“Date: Friday 11 May 1945

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“Type: Boeing B-29A Superfortress

“Owner/operator: 326^th CCTX BU USAAF

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“Fatalities: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11

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“Location: MacDill AAF, Tampa, Florida – USA

“Phase: En route

“Nature: Military

“Departure airport: MacDill AAF, Tampa, Florida

“Destination airport:

“Narrative: Written off (destroyed) 11 May 1945 when crashed at MacDill AAF,

Tampa, Florida. Crew Killed in Crash Landing due to Engine Failure.”

Newspaper

May 13, INS: “MacDill Field, Fla. (INS). The crash of a B-29 bomber while on a routine training flight cost the lives of nine fliers and injured two others Friday night [11^th], the MacDill field public relations office announced Saturday. The victims included Cpl. Arthur M. Dantzler, Burbank, Calif., and Cpl. Jack G. Pardy of Madison, S.D.” (INS. “Nine fliers killed when B-29 crashed at MacDill.” Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, NE, 5-13-1945, 5-A.

Sources

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 81. USAAF B-29 engine failure and crash landing, MacDill AAF, Tampa, FL, 5-11-1945. Accessed 12-20-2023 at: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/98607

INS (International News Service). “Nine fliers killed when B-29 crashed at MacDill.” Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, NE, 5-13-1945, 5-A. Accessed 12-20-2023 at:

https://newspaperarchive.com/lincoln-nebraska-state-journal-may-13-1945-p-5/

1945 — May 11, USAAF B-29 engine failure crash landing, MacDill AAF, Tampa FL — 9-11