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| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1943 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BL-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Stearman Flyers Club |
| Registration: | NC27589 |
| MSN: | 2230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Oak Valley, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Independence, KS |
Lost control at low altitude in dense smoke and low visibility caused by a brush fire and crashed.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Opelika&f=false
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