Date: | Sunday 26 March 1944 |
Time: | 02:08 |
Type: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-55974 |
MSN: | 18-2435 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km SE of Amarillo AAF, TX (AMA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Amarillo AAF, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
Destination airport: | Monroe Municipal Airport, LA (MLU/KMLU) |
Narrative:The Lockheed C-60A took off from Amarillo on a night-time navigation training mission to Monroe, LA and return. Shortly after takeoff control was lost and the airplane slammed into terrain after nosing over.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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