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| Date: | Friday 3 October 1941 |
| Time: | 12:02 |
| Type: |  Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 01561 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cumberland Mountain six miles north of Whitwell, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chattanooga, TN |
| Little Rock, AR |
Lost control and crashed into a mountain after an engine failure. Was on a ferry flight from Long Island, NY to San Diego, VA.
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/604623992/
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