Recherche de France-Crashes 39-45

Date	Nation	Département	Unité	-	Mission
Fiche France-Crashes 39-45 modifiée le 29-03-2019
07-11-1944	Etats-Unis	Var	417thNFS/12thAF		Recherche des survivants du Beaufighter MM839

Localisation	15 km N de Toulon
Circonstances	Avion évacué en parachute suite à défaillance moteur - 22h55 - Avion totalement détruit
Commentaires	Décollage 21h40 terrain Situation du terrain Y-18 Le Vallon - Info J-L DelattreY-18 Le Vallon (13)
Sources **	Jean-Louis Delattre (source: www.aviationarchaeology.com) / Accident Report (source: AFHRA)
Historique	07/09/2011=Création - 07/05/2016=Modif mission - 29/03/2019=Ajout rapport

Grade	Prenom	Nom	Poste	Corps	Etat	Lieu d'Inhumation	Commentaires
2Lt	John W	Grange	Pil	USAAF	Récupéré		O-756098 - Blessures légères
2Lt	John A	Sunyar	Obs	USAAF	Récupéré		O-556057 - Blessures légères

** Les sources sont citées chronologiquement en fonction des nouvelles informations reçues ou trouvées

Fiche tech	Correspondance grades	Abréviations utilisées	Filières d'évasion	Camps de Pow	Bases RAF/USAAF	Utilitaires

Compléments (rapports - helpers - récits - liens - photos)

Rapport du pilote (source: Accident Report - AFHRA):
I, Wastenot 83, was airborne at 2140 for patrol. While enroute to be taken over by control, I was apprehensive of my starboard engine in that it was running hot. At 2215, I noticed that my port engine lost boost pressure down to -4 and the RPM followed it down. It hesitated at -4, then went down to zero and when I reached for the throttle, it kicked my hand several times.
At this, I hung onto the port engine but when it gave no signs of reviving, still zero boost, I feathered it. At this time, the starboard engine was runninf fine, though hot, until approximately 2220 when I noted that the oil temperature and cylinder head temperature were very hot, then the engine started to vibrate very badly and I realized that is was "going out" too, so I decidd to hang onto it as long as possible. At this time, I intructed the RO to bail out, altitude approximately 5,000 ft, approximately 10 miles north of Toulon. No sooner had my RO cleared the a/c that the starbord engine quit and the a/c, timmed for starbord engine operation, flipped over nearly on its back. I pulled it back down to nearly straight and level and bailed out. Altitude at this time was 4,500 ft indicated. At no time was my speed below 135mph. As soon as I noticed that the port engine was failing. I dropped 10 degrees flaps to help maintain altitude.