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| Date: | Tuesday 4 April 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vought SBU-2 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 0817 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Braintree, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NRAB Squantum, MA |
Mid-air collision at 2000ft between SBU-2's 0816 and 0817. Crashed in a house and caught fire.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html
Correio da Manha 5 April 1939, p5
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014085/1939-04-05/ed-1/seq-1/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2019 20:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, ] |
| 13-Sep-2021 18:53 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2022 18:12 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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