Accident Beechcraft D17 Traveler (GB-2) 33006,
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Date:Sunday 21 November 1943
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft D17 Traveler (GB-2)
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 33006
MSN: 4805
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Columbia, PA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Squantum, MA
Destination airport:NAS Willow Grove, PA
Narrative:
Crashed while attempting an emergency landing at night in bad weather, about 80 miles from its destination. Pilot Lt Cmdr John J. Mansure (35) and Congressman John William Ditter, Sr (55).

Sources:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 22 November 1943, p1
AAIR (KCRW)
J. William Ditter

Revision history:

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