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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 1943 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: | Piper J-4A Cub Coupe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | NC26738 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Greensburg, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Booser Airport, Windber, PA |
| Latrobe, PA |
Lost control in fog at low altitude while in a steep climb, hit trees at 50ft and crashed. Pilot not instrument rated.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Kirksville&f=false
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