Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura on Mt Baker: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 29, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
34637
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Whidbey Island - Whidbey Island
MSN:
237-5527
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight when the the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Baker and was destroyed. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was eventually spotted by shepherd in 1994.
