Date:	Wednesday 18 February 1942
Time:	13:50
Type:	Bell P-39F Airacobra
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration:	41-7256
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 mi Sw of McCutchenville, OH -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Buffalo New York
Destination airport:	Selfrige /Detroit Michigan

Narrative:
2Lt Thomas Almon was flying in the ACFC, delivering new P-39 AiraCobra aircraft from the Bell factory in Buffalo New York to Selfrige Air Base near Detroit Michigan. During the flight, he encountered deteriorating weather conditions. His last radio instruction was to follow the Big 4 rail line to the South. Having lost radio contact and flying into a heavy snow squall and losing sight of the rail line, he circled over Adrian Ohio to return towards the Northeast. He lowered cruise altitude in attemp to see ground details and struck a tall stand of trees in full flight.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp These details are verified by the official crash investigation of the Army AirCorps crash investigation report, newspaper articles and photos from the local newspaper, witness statements of surviving resident at time of crash.

Screenshot of Accident Report ( 1 of 16 pages).

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Aug-2025 08:20	Tom Almon	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ]
18-Aug-2025 09:15	Tom Almon	Updated [Source, ]
18-Aug-2025 17:07	Tom Almon	Updated [Narrative, ]