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| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 1943 |
| Time: | 18:50 |
| Type: | Piper J-4E Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | NC38729 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Newcastle, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newcastle, WY |
Hit an electric sign on top of a mill while in a turn at low altitude, crashed and caught fire. Had been flying recklessly low over the city center of Newcastle.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=orrie+s+cleveland+newcastle+wyoming+april+7+1943&source=bl&ots=6H2HMIEmAv&sig=ACfU3U24AFph5ts-G0cRvzfnbbicgtQQyA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp2Pj8ndj7AhXQO-wKHZ7yCRsQ6AF6BAgeEAM#v=onepage&q=orrie%20s%20cleveland%20newcastle%20wyoming%20april%207%201943&f=false
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