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Date: | Wednesday 18 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Beechcraft D17 Traveler (GB-2) |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 23752 |
MSN: | 6932 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 10 mi from Ventura, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA (15:46) |
Destination airport: | MCAS El Toro, CA |
Narrative:Disappeared on a 50 minutes flight. Pilot USMC 1°Lt Ralph Joseph Chandler, Jr (23). He declared dead 23 JUL.
Sources:
LA Evening Citizen 24 July 1945, p15
AAIR (KMIS)
Find a Grave (23 July 45)
Revision history:
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