Accident Boeing P-26A Peashooter 33-181, Thursday 17 August 1939
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Date:Thursday 17 August 1939
Time:
Type:Boeing P-26A Peashooter
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
Registration: 33-181
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 mi SE of Wheeler Field, Oahu, HI -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wheeler Field, Oahu, HI
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed while performing aerobatics; crew bailed out.

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19390818.1.2&srpos=6&e=17-08-1939-20-08-1939--en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Parachute-------

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Oct-2022 16:12 Cobar Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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