Accident Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver 1285,
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Date:Friday 15 November 1940
Time:
Type:Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: 1285
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lake Hodges, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Dan Diego, CA
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit high tension wires while flying low and crashed into Lake Hodges.

Sources:

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19401116.1.1&srpos=1&e=16-11-1940-20-11-1940--en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Hodges-------

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