ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 119657
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| Date: | Sunday 21 March 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-13A Valiant |
| Owner/operator: | 6th Ferry Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-42432 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 miles south of Merkel, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Long Beach |
| Love Field | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Collision in the air with BT-13A 42-42450. The left wing of 42-42432 was damaged, and the plane spun in and was destroyed in the crash.
The pilot of 42-42450 was found to be at fault. He had attempted to perform a roll around the other aircraft and had misjudged his distance.
Cornelia C. Fort, Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/above---beyond.html
' On Final Approach - The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II ' by Byrd Howell Granger.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2011 00:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2011 01:34 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2011 22:08 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 04-Sep-2011 08:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 04:51 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 13-Oct-2011 03:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2012 04:04 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2013 06:56 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2014 10:41 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 13:24 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 17:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2020 22:12 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2023 22:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2023 22:41 | angels one five | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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