Accident Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver 1306,
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Date:Friday 12 June 1942
Time:
Type:Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: 1306
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Padre Island, TX -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed on Padre Island while on a training mission. 22 year old Aviation Cadet Samuel Nathaniel Warren III (Marshall, Texas) was killed in the crash.

Sources:

http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html
Austin American-Statesman 14 June 1942, p. 5 "Padre Island is Scene of Second Fatal Crash"

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Apr-2022 05:27 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]

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