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| Date: | Tuesday 18 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-13A |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF 2548th AAF Base Unit 317 FTD |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Curtis Field, Brady, Texas runway -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Curtis Field, Brady, Texas |
| Curtis Field, Brady, Texas |
Aviation Cadet William R. Curl 15126521 US Army Air Forces 2548th AAF Base Unit 317th AAF Flight Training Detachment 44-D Pilot Training Class was in a Vultee BT-13A training aircraft out of Curtis Field, McCulloch County, Texas on 18 January 1944 on a routine training flight with an aviation instructor in the rear seat, while their plane was on the runway another BT-13A landed on top of them at Curtis Field, killing AvC Curl instantly but not injuring the others.
Sources:
Newspaper. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1357115/m1/1/zoom/?q=Curl&resolution=2&lat=3009.6363220214826&lon=5377.090820312503
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2mcculloch/hotww2hrbiomcculloch.html#WRC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2024 20:04 | drayjones | Added |
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