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| Date: | Monday 16 July 1945 |
| Time: | 19:33 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77557 |
| MSN: | 32953 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL) |
| Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL) |
The pilot lost control shortly after takeoff from Sedalia AAF runway 13. The airplane stalled from a height of about 500 feet, crashed and burned. It appeared that the elevator gust locks were still in place.
Sources:
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
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