Mid-air collision Accident Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar 42-32203,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340362
 

Date:Monday 24 January 1944
Time:09:09
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed C-60A-1-LO Lodestar
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-32203
MSN: 18-2293
Year of manufacture:1942
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:8 km NW of Farmersville, LA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A total of fourteen trainer aircraft departed Selman AAF on individual navigation training missions to Hugo, TX and return.
At an altitude of about 2000 feet the Lockheed C-60 collided with a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator (43-33303). Both aircraft crashed, killing all aboard.

Sources:

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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