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| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46A) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39492 |
| MSN: | 26429 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anacostia NAS, DC |
| Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF/KBOF) |
Stalled on approach and crashed and burned on the runway at Bolling Field.
Sources:
FOUR KILLED WHEN NAVY PLANE CRASHES (Frederick Post, 1943-03-25)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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