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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19A |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-34307 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 Mi W Melvin, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Curtis Field, Brady, Texas |
First Lieutenant Jackman M. Shattuck O-436541 US Army Air Forces 2548th AAF Base Unit 317th AAF Flight Training Detachment Pilot Training Class Instrument Instructor was sent 28 May 1943 to retrieve a Fairchild PT-19A 42-34307 training aircraft out of a cultivated field where a cadet had downed it two miles west of Melvin, McCulloch County, Texas. 1Lt Shattuck, alone in the plane, attemped to takeoff but crashed into a tree sustaining fatal injuries, dying on 30 May 1943 in the Brady, Texas Hospital.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2mcculloch/hotww2hrbiomcculloch.html#JMS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2024 15:43 | drayjones | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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