ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 120637
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-15 Valiant |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Ferry Sqn / 6 Ferry Gp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-42169 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3/4 mi. E of California Aero Academy, Orange Co, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Downey, CA |
| Orange County Airport, CA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A group of WASP pilots picked up some brand new BT-15s from the factory at Downey CA.
The first stop on the journey was at Orange County Airport.
Ginny Moffatt's plane was seen by some of the other pilots to enter a steep diving turn on final approach and crash.
Virginia C. Moffatt, Women Airforce Service Pilots ( WASP Class 43-2 ). R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
On Final Approach-WASP in WW II by Byrd Howell Granger.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2011 22:56 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2011 23:45 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2011 23:47 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2011 05:37 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 05-Sep-2011 09:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 18:41 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 11:58 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 11:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2019 18:15 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2022 11:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Nov-2022 22:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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