ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 111024
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American AT-6C Texan |
| Owner/operator: | 504 SEFTS USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-32847 |
| MSN: | 88-11242 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 miles WNW of Moore Field, Mission, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Moore AAF, Mission, TX |
| Moore AAF, Mission, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Spun and crashed owing to structural failure (wing) during aerobatics.
The pilot in the front cockpit was able to bale out, but the WASP rear seat pilot was unable to exit and was killed.
Edith (Edy) Clayton Keene, Women Airforce Service Pilots. R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2011 17:47 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2011 01:26 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2011 09:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 07:02 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2012 01:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2013 05:43 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2018 06:03 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2020 22:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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