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Date: | Saturday 21 March 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | airplane |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Pforzheim -
Germany
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two-engined* light Army airplane** crashed into forest shortly after take-off after reported emergency landing due to fuel problems during instrument flight examination. Crew (32/33).
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 23 March 1959, p16*
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 24 March 1959, p1**
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2015 16:00 |
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05-Nov-2017 19:55 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative] |