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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1943 |
| Time: | 12:07 |
| Type: | Monocoupe 90 |
| Owner/operator: | Shell Aviation |
| Registration: | NC18181 |
| MSN: | A-807 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 miles SE of Denver City, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Hobbs, NM |
Lost control at 30ft in a turn when the wing hit the ground and crashed. Was on a pipe-line patrol flight.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Matamaros&f=false
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