Accident Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6181,
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Date:Saturday 3 April 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47C Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:335th FSqn /4th FGp USAAF
Registration: 41-6181
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Debden, Essex
Narrative:
Took off for Debden but returned for landing as engine was failing. Crashed just outside airfield on approach when engine caught fire,
Crew:
2nd Lt Frank G Smolinski (pilot) USAAF killed.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
'Where the Lysanders were ..... (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields' Pub by Paul A Doyle 1995

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2015 16:03 paddy Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2015 06:46 C.C.Catch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
14-Feb-2020 13:59 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Jan-2021 21:39 Anon. Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]

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