| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 12, 1944 |
| Time: | 1820 |
| Location: | Blythburgh, England |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Navy |
| Flight #: | - |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Consolidated PB4Y-1 |
| Registration: | 32271 |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Navy lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 29, brother of President John F. Kennedy, was killed while on a flying mission over England during World War II. Kennedy volunteered for operation Aphrodite after completing two full combat tours and was killed when the explosive-laden PB4Y he was flying blew up in air. He was intending to aim the ship and bail out, leaving another aircraft to guide the PB4Y via remote control to a German submarine pen on the French coast; it apparently exploded when he armed the switches. The photographic chase plane had President Franklin Roosevelt's son, Elliot Roosevelt, on board. |
Sources
Copyright © Richard Kebabjian / www.planecrashinfo.com