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| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:35 |
| Type: |  Piper J-5B Cub Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | NC38575 |
| MSN: | 5-993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles NW of Paris, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Paris Municipal Airport, TX |
The left wing hit an oak tree at low altitude and in a turn, the wing was sheared off and the plane crashed out of control and caught fire.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Gage&f=false
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