Loss of control Accident Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46A) 39492,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341078
 

Date:Wednesday 24 March 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46A)
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 39492
MSN: 26429
Year of manufacture:1943
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF) -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Anacostia NAS, DC
Destination airport:Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF/KBOF)
Narrative:
Stalled on approach and crashed and burned on the runway at Bolling Field.

Sources:

FOUR KILLED WHEN NAVY PLANE CRASHES (Frederick Post, 1943-03-25)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher

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