Zone
Cairo

Crash of a Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress in Cairo-Payne AFB

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Operator:
Registration:
42-6249
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
3383
Location:
Cairo-Payne AFB
Cairo
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed in Cairo-Payne AFB for unknown reason. No casualties.

Crash of a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO LodeStar north of Cairo: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed C-60 LodeStar
Operator:
Registration:
42-55919
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
18-2334
YOM:
1943
Location:
Cairo-Payne AFB
Cairo
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, both engines failed, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing 37 km north of Cairo-Payne AFB. At least one crew member was killed in the accident.
Crew:
Peter Patrician. †
Probable cause:
Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.
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