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| Date: | Sunday 1 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Waco CG-4A |
| Owner/operator: | 71st TCC USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-78839 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lambert Field, MO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed following structural failure.
Action code : KCRSF = Killed, CRash, Structural Failure.
The glider's right wing disintegrated after release from the towing-plane on a demonstration flight watched by thousands of spectators.
Pilot Captain Milton C. Klugh, co-pilot Pfc J.M. Davis, and their VIP passengers all died.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://stltoday.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=807474&CategoryID=23105
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2013 14:06 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jan-2013 14:31 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2013 02:18 | angels one five | Updated [Source, ] |
| 22-Mar-2020 19:38 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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