Mid-air collision Accident Beechcraft JRB-4 (C-45) 44595,
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Date:Monday 5 August 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft JRB-4 (C-45)
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 44595
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:14 mi from NAS Patuxent River, MD -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Anacostia, DC
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after midair collision with a Corsair fighter test plane shortly after take-off. Pilot Lt Cmdr Clifford M. Whitmore (31), Lt Edward Peary Stafford (26) and two civil employees (27/28). The Corsair pilot R.O. Rahn (Douglas Aircraft Co test pilot) parachuted to safety.

Sources:

The Evening Star 6 August 1946, p B
AAIR (KMAC)

Revision history:

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