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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American P-51D Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | 95th (F) Sqn USAF |
| Registration: | 44-74965 |
| MSN: | 122-41501 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | New Boston Bombing Range -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grenier Field in Manchester, New Hampshire. |
On Jan. 14, 1949, the plane was on a training dive-bomb mission, when the left flipper door of his P-51 Mustang came open and was ripped off, closely followed by the entire wing. The pilot was killed on impact as the plane crashed into a hillside just south of the target.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130216222000/http://www.schriever.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123332730 n
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2013 13:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jun-2013 06:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Sep-2024 17:22 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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