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| Date: | Tuesday 3 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-19B |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-82959 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | White Aux Field, McCulloch County, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Curtis Field, Brady, TX |
| White Aux Field, TX |
Mid-air collision.
Aviation Cadet Glenn M. Rotegard 17114406 US Army Air Forces 2548th AAF Base Unit 317th AAF Flight Training Detachment 44-A Pilot Training Class was the student pilot with an instructor pilot in a Fairchild PT-19B 42-82959 training aircraft out of Curtis Field, McCulloch County, Texas on 3 August 1943 on a routine training flight and crashed at the White Auxiliary Field due to a midair collision with PT-19A 42-33875, 12 miles west of Curtis Field in McCulloch County, Texas, killing AvC Rotegard but uninjured AvI Olson.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2mcculloch/hotww2hrbiomcculloch.html#GMR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2024 18:05 | drayjones | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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