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| Date: | Monday 16 October 1944 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-13A Valiant |
| Owner/operator: | 2142th BU USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-89385 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles north of Sumter, SC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaw AAF |
| Shaw AAF |
The Valiant crashed in a stall/spin accident when returning to Shaw AAF at the end of a test flight.
Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck, Women Airforces Service Pilots killed. R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2011 02:32 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2011 08:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2011 19:47 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 15-Feb-2012 23:58 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2013 07:42 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2014 05:53 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Feb-2020 16:45 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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