ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338596
| Date: | Monday 5 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-55962 |
| MSN: | 18-2399 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO) |
| Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO) |
Lockheed C-60A Lodestar 42-55962 was taking off from Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO) on a test flight when the pilot lost control of the airplane. It crashed into a hangar, killing five workers. A fire erupted, destroying seven planes inside:
Bell P-59A Airacomet 44-2609; North American P-51F Mustang 43-43333; Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8009; Lockheed P-38G Lightning 42-12687; Bell XP-63A Kingcobra 42-78835; Boeing B-29B Superfortress 42-63598; Douglas C-47A-10-DL 42-23357; and Consolidated B-32 Dominator 42-10873.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Mar 6, 1945
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