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| Date: | Friday 13 January 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Waco G-15A |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-5548 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lawson AFB, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lawson AFB |
| Lawson AFB |
Crashed on landing from a training flight.
The glider was carrying 10 trainee airborne soldiers and one instructor as passengers, and a crew of 2 USAF pilots.
Control appears to have been lost when the glider stalled and dived into the ground killing all on board.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Passauer Neue Presse 18 January 1950, p7
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2014 19:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2015 07:51 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2015 09:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2015 18:59 | TB | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
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