Narrative:
A total of fourteen trainer aircraft departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and return.
At an altitude of about 2000 feet the Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator (43-33303). Both aircraft crashed, killing all aboard.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 24 January 1944 |
| Time: | 09:09 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-32203 |
| MSN: | 18-2293 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) NW of Farmersville, LA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A total of fourteen trainer aircraft departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and return.
At an altitude of about 2000 feet the Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator (43-33303). Both aircraft crashed, killing all aboard.
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
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