ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 105292
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| Date: | Friday 3 September 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Douglas RA-24A Banshee |
| Owner/operator: | 3st TT Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-60850 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near the runway at Camp Davis AAF, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Camp Davis AAF | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed on landing. Struck an obstacle, stalled, and crashed upside down.
The pilot Betty L. Taylor Wood, Women Airforce Service Pilots, and her passenger the Base Chaplain died in the accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
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'On Final Approach, The Women Airforce Pilots of W.W II', by Byrd Howell Granger, pub. by Falconer Publishing Company, Scottsdale, AZ 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2011 05:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2011 20:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2012 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 06:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2014 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2014 08:25 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2021 10:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2023 01:30 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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