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| Date: | Saturday 28 February 1942 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-13A |
| Owner/operator: | US Army Air Forces 2548th AAF Base Unit 317th AAF FTD |
| Registration: | 41-1236 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nine miles east of Curtis Field -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Curtis Field, Brady, Texas |
| Curtis Field, Brady, Texas |
Aviation Instructor Richard W. Clark (civilian) US Army Air Forces 2548th AAF Base Unit 317th AAF Flight Training Detachment 42-A Pilot Training Class was piloting a Vultee BT-13A training aircraft out of Curtis Field, McCulloch County, Texas on 28 February 1942 on a routine training flight with an instructor trainee aboard, when the plane crashed and burned nine miles east of Curtis Field, killing AvI Clark trying to parachute too late.
Sources:
http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=&content=Vultee+BT-13A
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2mcculloch/hotww2hrbiomcculloch.html#RWC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2024 16:36 | drayjones | Added |
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