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Date: | Friday 25 May 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
Registration: | 28590 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile west of Beecher City, Illinois -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Crashed. Pilot Troy M. Shelton killed. The SBD normally carried a crew of two, a pilot and a radio operator/gunner. The fate of the second crew member, if carried on this flight, is not clear
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Dec-2013 10:30 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
31-Dec-2013 10:37 |
angels one five |
Updated [Location] |
31-Dec-2013 23:22 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
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