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| Date: | Friday 1 August 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | light aircraft |
| Owner/operator: | Hurst Flying Service |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sunshine Gardens, Indianapolis, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft struck a tree and crashed while the pilot was flying low in the area.
The pilot had just one hour of solo flying when he rented the aircraft.
Sources:
https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IPT19470801.1.7&srpos=16&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-plane+crash------
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