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Lieutenant Colonel Harry Herbert Crosby (April 18, 1919 – July 28, 2010) was an American professor, author and B-17 Flying Fortress navigator. As an officer of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II , he flew 32 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (with two oak leaf clusters), the Air Medal ...
12 de sept. de 2020 · September 12, 1945: Flying Ram Aerial Tragedy. Published Sept. 12, 2020. US Army Air Froces. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif -- Northrop’s highly innovative XP-79B Flying Ram crashed and was destroyed during its first flight. Its pilot, Harry Crosby, tried unsuccessfully to bail out.
Harry Hume Crosby, 37, Northrop test pilot, was killed yesterday when his secret experimental aircraft crashed at the Muroc Army test base. Crosby, who lived at 915 N. Lincoln St., Burbank, leaves his widow, Elizabeth, two children and a sister, Mrs. Georgia Reneaux of Santa Barbara.
11 de oct. de 2023 · Only 15 minutes into the flight, test pilot Harry Crosby lost control while performing a slow roll. The Xp-79B then began to spiral downward from an altitude of 10,000 feet, flying into the ground. Crosby attempted to bail out, but was hit by part of the aircraft and killed.
21 de mar. de 2024 · Lieutenant Colonel Harry Herbert Crosby (April 18, 1919 – July 28, 2010) was a navigator with the 100th Bomb Group. He flew 32 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (with 2 oak leaf clusters), the Air Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star, and the Croix De Guerre.
On September 12, 1945, test pilot Harry Crosby finally took the XP-79B up in the air for the first time. It flew all right for about fifteen minutes, but the plane then suddenly went into a spin from which it proved impossible to recover.
2 de ene. de 2022 · The jet-powered XP-79B only took to the skies once, with test pilot Harry Crosby in the unusual cockpit. Crosby had the plane airborne for just over 14 minutes when he attempted his first banking maneuver at around 10,000 feet.
