Accident Cessna UC-78B Bobcat 43-32621,
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Date:Saturday 9 December 1944
Time:16:59
Type:Cessna UC-78B Bobcat
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration: 43-32621
MSN: 6559
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1,5 mi NNE of Claremore, OK -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Frederick AAF, OK
Destination airport:Tulsa, OK
Narrative:
Crashed. Believed to have iced up in a cold front during the descent towards Tulsa.

All 3 POB killed: George W. Crowe USAAF, pilot; Mary Louise Webster, Women Airforce Service Pilots, co-pilot; Melvin Clarke, USAAF, passenger.

Sources:

Various sources
JF Baugher

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Apr-2011 05:06 angels one five Added
04-Sep-2011 12:31 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 20:11 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
08-Sep-2011 20:11 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 20:12 angels one five Updated [[Narrative]]
08-Sep-2011 20:14 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
09-Sep-2013 14:13 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
20-May-2014 16:51 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature]
23-Apr-2015 06:01 angels one five Updated [Time, Operator, Location]
13-Feb-2020 17:17 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Feb-2021 08:42 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]

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