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| Date: | Sunday 27 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 44-70302 |
| MSN: | 567 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gunter AAF, AL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Napier Field, AL |
| Maxwell Field, AL |
Crash-landed and caught fire. Members of Napier Field baseball team. Sgt Michael Kozek was fatally burned. The other eight suffering from burns. One died next morning.
Sources:
Evening Star 28 May 1945, p5
Gettisburg Times 28 May 1945, p5
AAIR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2012 12:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Phase, ] |
| 08-Nov-2020 12:01 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2020 20:48 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, ] |
| 05-Oct-2022 18:13 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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