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| Date: | Saturday 29 May 1943 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: | Piper J-2 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | NC20117 |
| MSN: | 1917 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Boon’s Field, Ronceverte, WV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Boon’s Field, Ronceverte, WV |
Lost control while trying to avoid a tree while drifting towards it during a steep climb after take off and crashed.
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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